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"Fire investigators in Elk Grove are receiving messages from suspicious residents who have seen an Internet video taken at the height of a playground fire on Tuesday.Investigators quickly determined the fire to be arson.The video, posted anonymously on LiveLeak.com, was taken on a cellphone as a youth walked with friends up to the burning structure.But Cosumnes Fire Marshal George Apple said the youths were identified and interviewed at the scene on Tuesday.\u201CRight now, they are not suspects. They would be classified as witnesses,\u201D Apple said.Apple added, the video is beneficial because it shows conditions before firefighters arrived at Lawrence Park in the Laguna West neighborhood.\u201CWe could see where the bulk of the fire was and how it progressed back into it, which is helpful to us,\u201D he said. \u201CAlso, in the long term, if it goes to court and we\u2019re talking to a jury who has never been around a fire or seen what has happened, we can show them firsthand.\u201DThe fire destroyed a large play structure with plastic slides and metal supports.Damage was estimated at about $200,000.\u201CIt was hot enough that it melted the aluminum poles that were support structures \u2013 completely melted them out,\u201D Apple said.Investigators also are being aided by witnesses who were in the area when the blaze began Tuesday afternoon.Apple said the inquiry is progressing well, and he is confident an arrest will be made."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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