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61%

The percentage of school fires that are CAUSED BY ARSON. Seventy percent of those fires were set at high schools.

78%

The percentage of school fires that occur during the week, with 22 PERCENT of the fires happening on weekends.

SOURCE: MICHAEL D. BROWN, UNDER SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, CITING DATA FROM THE U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS. MAY 1-7 WAS NATIONAL ARSON AWARENESS WEEK.

“THE BIGGEST THING IS WE HAVE TO HAVE 20,000 PEOPLE ON GUARD. THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN POLICE 20,000 PEOPLE ARE THOSE 20,000.”

— TOM WILSON, president of Palace Sports and Entertainment, on containing the fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons faced the Indiana Pacers in the NBA playoffs, renewing a November brawl between fans and players that marred league security.

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