Fires In Vacant Homes On The Upswing?

The Associated Press reports:Fires in vacant homes rose 11 percent to 21,000 in 2006 — the latest year for which figures are available — while all home fires rose just 4 percent, the National Fire Protection Association reported in April. More than four of every 10 vacant building fires were intentionally set, the group reported. Some of that is arson for financial reasons. But in neighborhoods