Five Seattle Luxury Homes Burn; Eco-Terror Suspected

by Brian A Kennedy | March 3, 2008 at 12:46 pm | 756 views | 4 comments

The eco-terror group Earth Liberation Front is claiming responsibility for the early-morning burning of five luxury homes in the Seattle area.

SEATTLE – Police suspect an environmental terrorist group is behind the burning of five luxury homes in a model "Street of Dreams" development northeast of Seattle this morning.

A sign referring to ELF, the Earth Liberation Front, was left at the scene, north of Woodinville, according to Snohomish County District Seven Chief Rick Eastman in a report by local KING-TV.

The sign read "Built green? No way, it's black" and "McMansions and RCD's (rural cluster developments) are not green."

Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating, KING reported.

The homes were empty, and no injuries were reported.

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Rachel Nixon

at 12:48 on March 3rd, 2008

news wanted:

I think this is an important story and would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.

Rob Peters

at 14:09 on March 3rd, 2008

At 10:00 am, local news channel King5 reported that fires were started at six homes, of which three were completely destroyed. No injuries have been reported, and the FBI is investigating the fires as a "potential domestic terrorism act."

Rob Peters

at 16:28 on March 3rd, 2008

12:20 pm: Officials say they've removed explosive devices found in the homes. One failed to go off, sparing one of the targeted homes. No injuries reported. An up-to-date story can be found here.

The Building Industry Association of Washington is offering a $100,000 reward for information, and the NW Insurance Council and Arson Alarm Foundation is offering $10,000. See here for information.