Officials Rule Fire At L.A. Planned Parenthood Clinic As Arson

Ventura County Sheriff's detective Dan Ambarian checks the area where a window was broken and a small fire at the Planned Parenthood office Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Officials say nobody was hu... Ventura County Sheriff's detective Dan Ambarian checks the area where a window was broken and a small fire at the Planned Parenthood office Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Officials say nobody was hurt in the blaze reported late Wednesday at the office in Thousand Oaks. (Rob Varela/The Ventura County Star via AP) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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Officials have determined that a Wednesday night fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Los Angelos was likely arson, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Authorities said it appears that someone threw a brick to break through the window of the clinic — in L.A.’s Thousand Oaks neighborhood — tossed gasoline into the clinic’s interior and lit a flame. No one was injured, authorities said.

According to Ventura County Sheriff Department detective Tim Lohman, the clinic’s sprinkler system put out the fire before any serious damage was done, but a few plants by the window appeared burnt.

Six weeks prior to apparent arson attempt, the same Planned Parenthood clinic had been vandalized, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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