FDNY: Staten Island fire that burned 3 homes ‘suspicious,’ 1 taken in for questioning

Flaming sex toys sparked blaze damaging three Staten Island homes, neighbor busted

A man busted for starting a fire that damaged three Staten Island homes, and threatened the life of an elderly woman, told authorities the blaze started when he tried to burn sex toys in his backyard, documents reveal. “I started the fire. I was in the backyard at my house and I lit two sex toys on fire,” Harry Torres, 37, told investigators, according to a criminal complaint against him. The fire, which authorities initially called “suspicious,…

Marshals investigating suspicious house fire on Staten Island; 1 person in custody

A person is in custody as fire marshals investigate a suspicious house fire that broke out in the Randall Manor section of Staten Island on Wednesday.

FDNY: Staten Island fire that burned 3 homes ‘suspicious,’ 1 taken in for questioning

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A person was taken in for questioning after a blaze that burned three homes in West Brighton Wednesday afternoon was “considered suspicious,” according to Deputy Assistant Chief David Simms, the FDNY borough commander.

Deep-seated 3-alarm fire damages 3 homes in NYC

FDNY fire marshals said the Staten Island three-alarm fire is suspicious and have taken one person in custody