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Police Search For Flamethrower-Wielding Arsonist Who Torched Minneapolis Paper Plant

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minneapolis police need help finding an arsonist armed with a flamethrower.

Surveillance video shows someone using what police believe to be a modified garden-style torch to set fire to bales of recycled paper outside of Pioneer Industries in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood last month. The company says the fire caused $10,000 in damage.

Person With Blowtorch Minneapolis Arson
(credit: Minneapolis Police)

Someone saw three men with a similar flamethrower in the area earlier that day. There are described as white men in their 20s or 30s.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

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