Fires Destroy Three Davidian Buildings

Sun., Jan. 5, 1997

Associated Press

Suspicious fires destroyed three small buildings at the former Branch Davidian compound where cult leader David Koresh and 75 followers died after their 51-day standoff with federal agents.

No one was injured in the fires at the Mount Carmel site east of Waco.

The blazes leveled the home of Amo Bishop Roden, former common-law wife of one-time Branch Davidian leader George Roden, and two museums she used to chronicle the group’s history, including the deadly 1993 standoff.

Officials did not have any suspects in the fires that occurred late Wednesday or early Thursday.

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