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<< Previous   of   Next >>  Photo Gallery: Lakewood Elementary Fire   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Repairs after Lakewood school fire might not be done before fall 7/25/08 • 5 moms battle Lakewood Elementary School fire 7/24/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, July 28, 2008 Boy arrested in Lakewood school arson By Eric Stevick Herald Writer LAKEWOOD -- A 12-year-old north Snohomish County boy has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with a fire that caused an estimated $200,000 damage to Lakewood Elementary School on Wednesday night, officials said today. A Snohomish County deputy fire marshal made the arrest Friday night, two days after the fire damaged two classrooms at the school. At least eight adults near the school kept the fire from spreading while firefighters from the Marysville Fire District were en route. The boy was taken to the Denny Youth Justice Center in Everett after his arrest, said Stephanie Price, a Marysville Fire District spokeswoman.

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