JimD, I may be taking your post the wrong way but it reads like you think the investigating agencies are not taking the fires in Alton or the surrounding communities seriously. Yet, you are getting the info that "concerns you" from the local paper of a community. What you read in the papers isn't alway all the facts. Insurance companies investigate all losses and claims related to fire. The State and local investigators work with the insurance agencies...so the info you get from the papers is not all there simply because the investigators are not sharing it. That is a part of their jobs during an investigation, it also gets bad guys caught. So before you start thinking these professionals are just shrugging their shoulders to another fire. Remember that there is alot going on behind the scenes that you don't see and are not supposed to see.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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