Now I'm sad and mad, because who ever burned the pool has no heart. The person doesn't care about other kids and what they want to do. The life guards spent the day draining the pool and giving out the bad news. The office, the filters and the pumps were destroyed, leaving hundreds to sweat out the summer miles away from the next closet public pool. Wallace Graves, arson investigator.
Fire investigators have no doubt the fire was set on purpose.
They burgularised the building broke into it, apparently it was after they'd thrown all the picnic tables into the swimming pool. One glimmer of hope in this sad story is that the arsonists left more than their mark, they left their signature. Gang names, even the names of some individuals, that authorities hope will lead to a quick arrest. But even an immediate arrest can't save what's left of the summer here.