Fire partially destroyed one of the oldest intact Japanese American settlements in the country. Huntington Beach officials have ruled out a hate crime or arson. Read more:
According to the city statement, fire investigators discovered that a “local known transient" was seen leaving the area after the fire and that they would continue to look into that person’s possible connection to the incident. Electricity may have been illegally diverted onto the property, according to the city. The full report was not immediately made available when we requested it.
A mission and manse where clergy lived, both built in 1910, were destroyed. A church, barn and two houses remain. The city had identified all six structures as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.to turn the Wintersburg settlement into a historic park, said that the “lack of security at the property was a root cause for the fire.”“We believe the question of responsibility for that still remains,” Urashima said.
The city said it had been notified by Republic Services that it intends to “enhance its security of the site.”will hold a rally outside the Wintersburg settlement on Saturday starting at noon in support of its preservation, while taking a stand against anti-Asian incidents.
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