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| | Worker charged with arson in business fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The fire was Austin's 42nd arson case that led to an arrest this year, said David Bailey, the Fire Department's chief investigator. |
 | | Last year, 90 people were cited or charged with arson in Austin, and 32 percent of all arson fires ended in arrest, double the national average, Bailey said. |
 | | Bailey said that while the percentage of arson fires that ended in arrest has increased over the past few years, the number of arson fires in the city has remained constant at 170 a year, which is comparable with other communities Austin's size, Bailey said. |
| www.statesman.com /metrostate/content/metro/stories/06/11arson.html (546 words) |
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