Police Investigating Fire At Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont Office

A fire that occurred at Senator Bernie Sanders’s Vermont office is currently under investigation as arson.

On Friday morning, firefighters were dispatched to Sanders’ Vermont office, where a fire occurred between an elevator and the door entrance.

Firefighters were able to quickly put out the fire, and there were no injuries.

In a police report, officials stated, “an unknown male subject entered the vestibule. He then lit the accelerant and fled,” the police statement said. It also said that a “significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule.”

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— Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) April 6, 2024

Here’s what NBC News reported:

A fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office is being investigated as arson, the Burlington Fire Department said Friday.

Firefighters were dispatched Friday morning to the building that houses the independent senator’s only congressional office in the state. They found “a fire in the vestibule between the elevator and the entrance door to [Sanders’] office,” the fire department said in a news release.

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Police in Burlington said “an unknown male subject entered the vestibule” of Sanders’ office and then “sprayed an apparent accelerant on the entrance door.”

“He then lit the accelerant and fled,” the police statement said. It also said that a “significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule, impeding the egress of staff members who were working in the office and endangering their lives.”

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Per CNN:

Police are looking for a man who they say lit a fire at independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office Friday.

The Burlington Police Department released photos Friday evening asking the public to help identify the suspect. Police have not yet identified a motive.

There were no known injuries, police said, though there was damage from the fire set to the door of the third-floor office. There was also “significant damage to that space and other areas of the building” due to water from the sprinkler system, which largely extinguished the fire, police said in a news release.

The suspect “entered the vestibule” of the office and “sprayed an apparent accelerant on the entrance door,” according to the release.

“He then lit the accelerant and fled,” the release said. “A significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule, impeding the egress of staff members who were working in the office and endangering their lives.”

A fire that started Friday morning at Bernie Sanders' Vermont office is being investigated as arson after an unknown male subject is seen spraying what appears to be accelerant on the entrance door. pic.twitter.com/cdZ0vaFFi6

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 6, 2024

A fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office is being investigated as arson, the Burlington Fire Department says. https://t.co/V86gl7VLIq

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 6, 2024