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Raccoon Times, July 24, 1998

SPENCER MANSION DESTROYED IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE RACCOON CITY

-At approxi, Victory Lake district residents were awakened by an explosive blast that thundered through northwest Raccoon Forest, apparently caused by a fire that swept through the abandoned Spencer nited chemicals stored in the basement Due to delays from the police barricade set up at the forest peri of hters were unable to salvage any part of the estate&039;s grounds After a three- hour battle against the raging fire, the thirty one year old mansion and adjacent servant&039;s quarters were deemed a complete loss Built by Lord Oswell Spencer, European aristocrat and one of the founders of the ide pharned by award- winning architect George Trevor as a guest house for Umbrella VIPs and was closed down shortly after co to Amanda Whitney, spokesperson for the U used to store a nuents and solvents used by Umbrella Whitney said in a statement yesterday that the company would take full responsibility for the unfortunate incident, calling it

"A serious oversight on our part Those chemicals should have been cleared out of the Spencer house a long tio, and we&039;re just thankful that no one was hurt"

At this point, the cause of the fire is undetering in their own investigators to sift through the ruins in hopes of deterin

Raccoon Weekly, July 29, 1998

STARS TAKEN OFF MURDER INVESTIGATION RACCOON CITY

-In a surprising announcement by city officials at a press conference yesterday, the Raccoon City branch of the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad (STARS) was officially reation into the nine brutal murders and five disappearances of city residents that have occurred in the last ten weeks City council ross incompe- tence as the primary reason for the STARS removal Readers may re assigned the cases last as to search the northwest area of the forest for the alleged cannibal killers Weist stated that it was because of their "blatantly unprofes- sional conduct" that theirin the crash of a helicopter and the loss of six of their eleven tea the STARS branch commander, Captain Albert Wesker

"After [the STARS&039;s]of the Raccoon Forest search," said Weist, "we&039;ve decided to let the RPD see this investigation through to its conclusion We have reason to believe that the STARS s and/or alcohol prior to their search, and have suspended the use of their services indefinitely"

Weist was joined by Sarah Jacobsen (representing Mayor Harris) and Police Coton to make the announcement and answer questions Neither Police Chief Brian Irons nor any of the surviving STARS could be reached for coust 3, 1998

SOURCE OF ESTATE FIRE DEEMED ACCIDENTAL RACCOON CITY

-After an exhaustive investigation by fire officials working with Umbrella, Inc&039;s ISD (Industrial Services Division), the fire that ravaged the company-owned Spencer estate in Raccoon Forest late last month was determined to have been caused by carelessness on the part of person or persons unknown, as was announced in a press conference yesterday Said ISD Team Leader David Bischoff,

"It looks like somebody tried to start a caot out of control We&039;ve found nothing to suggest arson or foul play of any kind" He went on to say that while the destruction of the property was total, there&039;s no evidence that anyone was caught in the fire or subsequent explosion Chief Brian Irons of the Raccoon City Police Department was in attendance at the conference, and when asked whether he believed the fire to be connected to the unsolvedthe city, Irons stated that there was no way to be sure Said Irons, "At this point, anything I could say would only be speculation-though I will say that the fact that the ht of the fire see there We can only hope that they&039;ve now left the area and will soon be apprehended"

Chief Irons refused to coross nreed with the city council&039;s decision and disciplinary actions are being considered