火灾的原因是纵火

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爱城警察觉得最近那场火是故意引起的.
"大家想知道现在会作出什么行动."一个警察说,"我们会用各种手段来抓这个纵火的人.
: `" y. O3 y& u( ~; Q1 ~8 r' c  R, L警察说现在他们谁也没抓, 而且警察不准备说他们在怀疑什么人.

! O* a% @- [  V星期六的大火在一个建筑中的4层的共管COMPLEX开始.

! ~$ M2 i" o3 y  d一些居民说在晚上他们听到了爆竹在响, 而且说建筑工地最近成了一个夜晚PARTY的场所.

2 L* L6 ~' V* L; REdmonton police believe arson was the cause of a devastating weekend blaze that destroyed 18 townhomes and damaged dozens more.

5 _; B# P( e* W  ?, [, M% lFire officials won't say how the fire was started but they said that through the process of elimination, they determined the fire was started deliberately.

Edmonton firefighters hose down the aftermath of the blaze on Sunday.
4 o3 {8 g: h+ Y) Y) K+ k) _(CBC) "Community members want to know what kind of action is going to be taken, on the city's largest residential fire in history," Edmonton Police Chief Michael Boyd said. "And I'm here to … say all steps are going to be taken to bring this person to justice."
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No arrests have been made, Boyd said, and he wouldn't discuss whether police have any suspects.

$ Y  @/ f: }) @( P, z1 g; v. V* cSaturday's blaze began in a four-storey condominium complex under construction in the neighbourhood of MacEwan Green shortly after 5 a.m., but quickly spread to 18 townhomes along 119th Street NW, north of Ellerslie Road, as strong winds fanned the flames. Those homes were destroyed and 76 other houses were damaged.
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Residents have said they heard firecrackers that night and also noted that the construction site had a reputation for being used as a late-night party venue.
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Meanwhile, Edmonton residents are rallying behind those who are left with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the shoes on their feet after the devastating fire.
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( X, T* b# B" V/ lAgencies like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army are doing what they can to help those left homeless, but Red Cross chaplain David Quigley said some people are having difficulty accepting help.
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4 Q' B" D6 r4 {  X2 M0 U! [4 F"It becomes incredibly hard, I think, to be on the opposite end of a merciful life — a life that has been well spent and now you have to depend on others."

The Red Cross is providing emergency housing for some families. Others who have lost their homes are staying with friends and family until they can find new places to live.
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! o, C9 L* W% P) U' |$ POn Monday, Gae Mackwood returned to the charred frame of her house and wiped away tears. But Mackwood said she feels lucky she and her neighbours are alive.

2 ~& H! z( _9 v( n% J"Everybody got out," she said. "I have some nice furniture and some other stuff in there and it's all gone. But it's weird how [after] a couple of days you think you'll replace what you can and what you can't, you can't."

7 P  ~& R  h! W" B; RRoy Langer, a spokesman with the Salvation Army, said what families left homeless need most are donations of clothes.

- I3 p$ J+ ~( q3 R3 e+ l, |& B* k"Of course all of them just rushed right from their home and [have] nothing to go back to," he said.

2 S9 A( `  s8 p3 B2 QPastor Blain Davis, his wife Kristin and their two boys lost their home.

+ t9 z; z5 s, }) _/ H. L% z. CWhen Pastor Terry Okken told the congregation at McKernan Baptist Church Sunday that one of their pastors had lost everything, people gasped, then opened their hearts and their wallets when an offering plate was passed around.
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. s: F& L% j" s* W; [Some churchgoers have offered to put the family up until August.

, V) p9 w$ `( W" CQuigley said many of those struck by the tragedy are trying to put on a brave face.
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"There's an element of gratitude that people were able to escape, and I think for most, it was without personal harm, although the loss of their things," he said.

"There's also this other part that's just so horrendous and almost unbelievable."

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Bylaw officers have been busy handing out tickets at the site of fire, where people have ignored the warnings and the barricades, said fire department spokesperson Nikki Booth.
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+ Y# |0 s5 M$ u, |2 W3 H"We've closed the road off, but I know people have driven through the barricades. When we say road closed, it means to everybody," she said.

"We've had hundreds of cars coming by. It's a safety issue for our fire crews on scene. We don't want people driving over our hoses. We don't want accidents because people are looking at the incident scene."

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