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Re: UPDATE: NARA Fire



Peter Kurilecz wrote:

> Here is a press release concerning the arrest of the suspected arsonist in
> the NARA fire
> <snip>
> Arrest Follows Fire at Washington National Records Center
> U.S. Newswire
> 12 Apr 16:12
> Arrest Follows Fire at Washington National Records Center
> To: National Desk
> Contact: National Archives Press Office, 301-713-6000
>
> COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National
> Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been informed that
> this morning the Federal Protective Service arrested a NARA
> employee, Marlon M. Mason, charging him with arson in connection
> with a fire on April 5 in the Washington National Records Center
> operated by NARA in Suitland, Md. The accused employee was turned
> over to the Fire Marshall of Prince George's County, Md.
>
> The fire was discovered by employees in a stack area at the
> records center, where NARA stores records that are no longer needed
> by federal agencies in their Washington area offices, but remain in
> the agencies' legal custody. NARA employees and contract guards
> extinguished the fire with hand-held fire extinguishers and were
> subsequently assisted by the Prince George's Fire Department. No
> one was injured by the fire, and damage was limited by a few boxes
> of records, which NARA staff is attempting to salvage.
>
> This fire followed one that broke out in the same records
> center on Feb. 29. That, too, caused some records damage, but was
> contained and extinguished without harm to anyone in the building.
>
> NARA employs the accused employee part time as an archives aide.
> He has worked for NARA since Dec. 27, 1994.
>
> For press information, contact the National Archives public
> affairs staff at 301-713-6000.
> <snip>
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> pakurilecz@aol.com
>
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