Police are searching for a suspect in what appears to have been an attempted arson at the Burlington, Vermont office of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
At around 10: 45 a.m. on Friday, a man entered Sanders’ office before spraying an “apparent accelerant” on an entrance door, Burlington police said in a statement. After the man lit the flammable substance, “a significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule, impeding the egress of staff members who were working in the office and endangering their lives,” police said.
Vermont State Police determined Friday that the fire was intentionally set but have yet to confirm a motive.
When local firefighters arrived at the office, they found “a fire in the vestibule between the elevator and the entrance door to [Sanders’] office,” acco