Myrtle Lodge fire was deliberate

FOLLOWUP: Inside fire-ravaged Camp Long Lodge, city and state officials learn what's happening, and not happening, with it

(WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor One year and nine months after a deliberately set fire tore through Camp Long‘s beloved century-old lodge, the rebuild is still years away – now projected for completion in 2032. That’s part of what we learned this afternoon during a short tour with District 1 City Councilmember Rob Saka and two of the 34th District‘s state legislators this afternoon. Seattle Parks deputy…

Myrtle Lodge fire was deliberate

By Lisa Ramsden A BLAZE which tore through a 120-year-old derelict mansion house in Newcastle earlier this week was started deliberately. The historic Myrtle Lodge, which has lain empty for around 20 years, was extensively damaged. Firefighters from the town’s station, along with crews from Kilkeel, Downpatrick and Rathfriland, rushed to the property, which sits on an extensive site off the Bryansford Road. The alarm was raised shortly before 3p…