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NEW YORK (AP) ― Two firefighters have been arrested on charges of setting fire to a city firehouse, the Fire Department said Sunday.

Michael Izzo, 30, and Richard Capece, 31, did not work at the firehouse where the blaze was set early Saturday. They both face felony charges of arson, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief, the department said.

The men are accused of using a flammable liquid to set an apparatus door on fire at Engine 34 in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan. A firefighter on the scene saw smoke entering the firehouse alerted on-duty firefighters, who extinguished the flame. No one was hurt.


The Uniformed Firefighters Association did not immediately return a call seeking comment, and a message left at a home number listed under Izzo's name was not immediately returned. Capece's home number was unlisted.

In a statement, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta called the incident "an outrageous, depraved act that should be prosecuted to the full extent under the law."

The Fire Department did not release any information on what could have motivated the men to set the fire. The two were arrested by fire marshals and investigators from the city's Department of Investigation.

# posted by Dave Statter @ 12:47 AM