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Blog 'newyork' » Police Search For Vandal Who Torched Jersey City Playground

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Towering flames engulfed a playground at Lincoln Park just after midnight Tuesday, but investigators said it was was no accident.

“A very sick individual who did this,” Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari said.

Schillari told CBS 2′s Hazel Sanchez that someone poured an accelerant on the flammable rubber flooring surrounding the park’s jungle gym before setting it on fire.

Security cameras were rolling as firefighters arrived at the scene, but the suspect was nowhere to be found.

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