SEATTLE — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives (ATF) National Response Team (NRT) completed its investigation into
the Jan 25 Lynnwood, Wash., three-alarm structure fire in the 19800 block of
Scriber Lake Road.
NRT leadership presented Lynnwood Police and Fire Department
officials with a preliminary report during a Feb. 2 out brief and will follow
up with a full report to the city in about 30 days.
“ATF appreciates the hard work and collaborate efforts of
the Lynnwood Police and Fire Departments in processing this large fire scene
and conducing the subsequent follow-up investigation,” said NRT Acting Team
Leader Dixon Robin. “The select cadre of ATF specialists and local special
agents, as well as other ATF assets, integrated fully with the ongoing
investigation by the Lynwood Police and Fire Departments and together we
successfully completed the investigation.”
ATF will not release details of its findings. All information
will be released by the city, which initially requested the NRT’s support.
ATF is the sole federal agency with experience and resources
to investigate fires and crimes of arson in the United States and its
territories. The primary mission of the NRT is to concentrate ATF explosives
and fire investigative resources and expertise on large-scale and complex
incidents due to the size, scope or number of victims.
Since its inception in 1978, the NRT has deployed 805 times.
NRT has deployed eight times, including this deployment, in fiscal year 2017,
which began Oct. 1, 2016.
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