East End fires may be related, Officials believe arson is to blame in series of blazes

Charleston firefighters believe the latest of nearly 30 fires inan East End neighborhood the past several months, like the othersbefore, was lit by an arsonist.

As in the other fires, there were no injuries reported in the4:19a.m. fire at 1547 Jackson St. Monday, department officials said.

Capt. Ray Griffith, who heads up the Charleston Fire Department'sarson investigation unit, is certain that all of the blazes in thelast few months have been set intentionally.Griffith reported all of the fires have been set within a three-block area near the 1500 block of Jackson Street, and each was setusing a cigarette lighter or matches.He also has tracked the times that each …