Fire Makes Mess of Several Hundred Port-A-Potties in Alabama

August 29, 2007

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Between 300 and 350 yellow rental port-a-potties in neat rows were melted, deformed and charred in a Theodore, Ala., fire, causing damage estimated at more than $200,000 at the Pot of Gold company, authorities said.

Joel Caraway, manager of Pot of Gold, said the business is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with the blaze, reported at 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

“If it’s a prank, it’s a pretty morbid prank,” Caraway told the Press-Register. “I would hate to think that anyone did this on purpose.”

James Shelly, chief of the Theodore and Tillman’s Corner Volunteer Fire Department, said he notified the Alabama Department of Environmental Management in case any chemicals from the plastic seeped into the ground. But Caraway said the portable toilets had not been used and no chemicals had been loaded into the bowls.

Information from: Press-Register,

http://www.al.com/mobileregister

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  • August 30, 2007 at 7:30 am
    Ohioan says:
    Yeah, but what they forgot to mention is that they were all in use at the time.
  • August 29, 2007 at 12:52 pm
    Compman says:
    Sounds like a crappy case of vandalism to me. Maybe spontaneous combustion. We all know how hot inside it gets when it is over 100 degrees outside. I have to challenge his c... read more
  • August 29, 2007 at 10:45 am
    lastbat says:
    Who goes on the hot seat for this one? Whoever it is will be in some deep s***.
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