Cause Of Fires In New York City

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Fires are raging across New York City the first one was on March 18, 1741, at the governor 's house in Fort George it grew out of control and destroyed both the governor 's house and the church next to it. After that, fires began to spring up across the city. On April 6, four fires broke out and a black man was seen running from the scene of the fire, he was arrested along with 20 others who are thought to have been involved in some way.