Arson

Three fires.
Three nights in a row.
All within three blocks of my house.

It seems we have an arsonist at work in our neighborhood. I was awakened three nights in a row by the fire trucks. After looking into things online I've discovered that the problem is bigger than I even realized. According to this article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, there have actually been nine fires set.

So far no one has been injured and all the targets have been vacant buildings. But please join me in praying for my neighborhood!

This is what the first fire left:


And these two homes are located on the block behind mine:
This one happened last night and I saw flames and burning embers rising at least 100 feet into the air before the firefighters got it under control (very scary!):