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Fire damages 7 school buses in arson-plagued Pa. town

The Associated Press

COATESVILLE, Pa. — Authorities in southeastern Pennsylvania say seven school buses have been severely damaged by fire just outside a town that has been plagued by arsons.

Authorities in West Brandywine Township say firefighters were called to North Brandywine Middle School early Sunday.

Investigators determined that the fires were deliberately set. No suspects have been named.

The township is just north of the town of Coatesville, which investigators say has had 66 arson fires since January 2008.

Two suspects have been arrested in at least 10 of the Coatesville fires.

Damage in Sunday’s bus fire was estimated at $400,000.