Shop owner: Molotov cocktail sparks fire in Old Town Spring

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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A Molotov cocktail sparked a fire that destroyed three stores in Old Town Spring. Jeff Ehling reports.

HARRIS COUNTY, TX (KTRK) -- Three businesses have been heavily damaged by the fire, and the owner of one says he knows what started it.

The calls to 911 came in at 4:10am about a fire in the 200 block of Midway.

Three businesses have heavy damage and most of it is concentrated on a coin shop. The owner told abc13 he was inside his shop cleaning up from an apparent burglary when he says a Molotov cocktail was thrown though his window.

Update to fire in Spring

The owner states that he didn't see who did it, and ran out of the business. He watched as his business and two others next to him went up in flames.

Arson investigators are on the scene and there are no injuries reported.

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