University of Virginia Library

'Suspicious' Materials

Duplicating fluid, a highway
safety flare, and other "rather
suspicious" materials were
discovered in the building, Mr.
Taliaferro indicated. He said
the blaze apparently originated
in a first-floor closet.

Security Director Wade W.
Bromwell, however, said later,
"I don't think either one of
those items (the fluid and the
flare) had anything to do with
the fire."