Detroit’s Defenses Up for Devil’s Night Arson
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DETROIT — Hundreds of vacant buildings have been razed so they couldn’t be set on fire and about 25,000 people volunteered to patrol the streets Monday for this year’s drive against the destructive Devil’s Night tradition.
The night before Halloween has for years been celebrated as Devil’s Night here with arson fires in trash piles and houses. Devil’s Night fires peaked at 297 in 1985. Last year, Mayor Dennis Archer’s first in office, fires rose again, to 182.
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