23 May 2001
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Frontline: Two Fires Destroy Genetics Targets (OR & WA, USA)

Frontline Information Service - News 5/22/01

Two Fires Destroy Genetics Targets

May 22, 2001 - The FBI and ATF are investigating whether or not the E.L.F. is responsible for one or both of two fires that were set at a research facility and tree nursery in Washington and Oregon at about 3:20 a.m. Monday.

The Washington fire, which has not been claimed (or determined as arson as yet), gutted laboratories and offices at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture. Early damage estimates put the financial total at $2 million.

In the Oregon fire, about a half-dozen pickups, all-terrain vehicles and a semitrailer at Jefferson Poplar Farms were destroyed along with an equipment storage building and a maintenance building, the Oregon State Police said. A number of undetonated explosives were found by arson investigators near the nursery's office building. FBI officials declined to describe the devices. Graffitti at the site read included the letters "ELF" written on the side of a building, along with the phrase "You cannot control what is wild".

"It's too early to say that those two things are connected," FBI agent Ray Lauer said. "If (the Seattle fire) turns out to be a politically motivated arson, then we're interested. Then we have to look to see if it's connected with anything else."

On Monday afternoon, ELF spokesman Craig Rosebraugh said: "At this point, the ELF has not officially claimed responsibility. But I wouldn't be surprised if an official statement came out."

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