When someone set fire to the porch of a Colchester home two weeks ago, the blaze caused about $1,000 damage. Police say it appears someone tried again this weekend, and this time the home was destroyed.
Now police are trying to determine why someone would have targeted the rented property, which burned early Sunday, leaving a tenant and two firefighters with minor injuries.
Authorities say flames were shooting from the home when the Mallets Bay Fire Department arrived. Soon they got help from Winooski and Colchester Center firefighters, but they were unable to save the home.
Police have labeled the blaze suspicious, and have sent evidence to the Vermont Forensic Laboratory.