UPDATED: Three small fires reported on EKU campus at On the Beat in the Bluegrass

UPDATED: Three small fires reported on EKU campus

Published

on October 7, 2008

By Ashlee Clark
aclark@herald-leader.com
RICHMOND — Authorities are investigating three small fires on EKU’s campus Monday as potential arsons.

Two were found in the Dupree Hall dorm. The first happened at 11:50 a.m. after someone threw an object that was on fire down a trash chute, said EKU spokesman Marc Whitt. The building was evacuated during the incident, the Richmond Fire Department said. At 1:51 p.m., books were set on fire in a stairwell.

A third fire was reported six hours after that in a stairwell of the Powell Student Center.

Investigators think the fires are related.

Anyone with information about the fires should call EKU campus police at (859) 622-2821.

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.

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