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The Clinton Fire Department is investigating two fires early Friday morning as “suspicious.”
Chief Archie Brummitt says the first fire was reported shortly after midnight in a locked, fenced-in area at Pallets Plus in the JD Yarnell Industrial Park, where crews reported arriving to find a tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames.* The fire was extinguished within a few minutes, and while no immediate cause was identified, the fire is being investigated as suspicious due to its location and witness statements that it had not been driven in some time.
At around 1:30 am, CFD was sent to Carriage Trace Apartments on a report of a chemical smell, and while leaving after addressing that issue, firefighters spotted smoke coming from the window of a different apartment. That blaze was extinguished quickly enough that the damage was limited solely to the bedroom in which the fire started, and no other units had to be evacuated. This fire is being investigated as suspicious since the tenant was not home at the time when it started.
No injuries were reported in either incident, although fire crews were said to be dehydrated after working two incidents in such a short amount of time.
