Arson Fire Destroys Alameda Playground

ALAMEDA, CA — An arsonist destroyed the play structure at Woodstock Park in Alameda early Saturday. It was the second arson fire reported in the park overnight. There were no injuries.

Firefighters were called to the park in the 300 block of Cypress Avenue around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. They found the play structure fully involved in fire. Both the play structure and surrounding rubberized turf burned, but the 10 firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to nearby buildings.

This was the second call to the park for firefighters, who put out a trash can fire at 1:51 a.m.

"An on-call Fire Investigator responded to determine the cause and origin of these two fires. Both fires are believed to be intentionally set and are under investigation," the fire department said in a news release.

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The Alameda Police Department is assisting with the investigation.

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