Friday, September 4, 2015

Fire investigators in Washington state have determined that an early morning blaze at a Planned Parenthood clinic was arson.


Fire at Planned Parenthood in Washington state was arson


Fire investigators in Washington state have determined that an early morning blaze at a Planned Parenthood clinic was arson.



By KIRO 7 STAFF

PULLMAN, Wash. —

Fire investigators in Washington state have determined that an early morning blaze at a Planned Parenthood clinic was arson.

Pullman Fire Department investigator Chris Wehrung said Friday afternoon that the cause is arson, but a joint task force is still investigating and he declined to release other details.

The pre-dawn fire heavily damaged a clinic in the college town of Pullman.

Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Tanya Riordan told The Spokesman-Review that the fire may keep the clinic closed for a month or more.

The FBI and other federal agencies are involved because of the history of anti-abortion activists targeting health care providers offering abortion services.