String of fires set in NE Ohio remains unsolved

STRASBURG, Ohio (AP) — A string of four fires labeled arson in northeast Ohio remains unsolved one year later despite a $5,000 reward.

Investigators still are not releasing much information about the fires. One destroyed an historic building in Strasburg in northern Tuscarawas County. The others damaged a church and two businesses in southern Stark County.

They were all set within about two hours from late Oct. 13, 2010, into the next morning.

Investigators still haven’t said how the fires were started.

A state fire marshal’s spokesman says the blazes probably were related, given the timeline and proximity. Spokesman Shane Cartmill says the guilty person or people probably will get comfortable and eventually may talk about it.