Police: Limping man deliberately set SW Philadelphia recycling plant fire

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Police: Man deliberately set fire at recycling center
Police: Man deliberately set fire at recycling center. Sarah Bloomquist reports during Action News at Noon on January 8, 2019.

SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police say a man deliberately set a three-alarm fire at a recycling business just two days before Christmas.



In video released by police on Tuesday, the suspect walks with a limp and carries a crowbar.



They say he deliberately set the fire at the Gold Medal Environmental Recycling on the 1600 block of South 49th Street in Southwest Philadelphia.



The large warehouse burned for nearly a day.



Three-alarm warehouse fire burns in Southwest Philadelphia: Christie Ileto reports on Action News at 11 p.m., December 23, 2018


Anyone who recognizes the suspect is urged to call authorities.



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