Arsonist burns century-old Texas courthouse to ground, police say
Safe to say his hearing will happen somewhere else.
A Texas man burned down a 111-year-old county courthouse Thursday night, police said.
The Mason County Courthouse in central Texas, about 100 miles northwest of Austin, had stood since 1910 until it was almost entirely destroyed by the fire, local NBC affiliate KXAN reported. It was a landmark in the 2,200-person town of Mason.
No one was inside the building when it was set ablaze, according to the Associated Press. Officials also said all important documents had been removed for upcoming renovations.
“It’s a terrible tragedy for people in the county,” Mason County Judge Jerry Bearden told KXAN. “This is my 19th year being in office here, and I’ve been through floods and fires, but I’ve never had anything with a gut punch that I’ve had with this.”
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