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Police Say Fires Set by Serial Arsonist

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CARRBORO — Carrboro police say a serial arsonist isresponsible for several fires set in Orange County. The fire departmentspent much of Tuesday dousing six suspicious fires.

The fires started early Tuesday morning and were set within a mile of each other in Chapel Hill and Carrboro and all began between 12:30a.m.and 4:30 a.m.

This was not the first rash of purposely set fires in the area.

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