Fire damages bridge on Walnut Creek Trail along Raleigh Greenway
NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES
IN THAT INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION. RALEIGH POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING A FIRE ON
WALNUT CREEK TRAIL THAT
DESTROYED A BRIDGE. IT HAPPENED
WHERE THE TRAIL INTERSECTS WITH
NEW HOPE ROAD PEOPLE LIVING
NEARBY SAY THIS IS A LOSS FOR
THE COMMUNITY. WRAL'S WILLIE
DANLEY HAS BEEN IN THAT AREA
AND HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> THIS IS WHAT REMAINS OF ONE
OF THE BRIDGES ON WALNUT CREEK
TRAIL IN RALEIGH. ACCORDING
TO RALEIGH FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT
APPEARS SOMEONE WAS PLAYING
AROUND ON THE WOODEN BRIDGE
AND STARTED THE FIRE. CAPTAIN
LYNCH SAYS THERE IS AROUND
$20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE IN
TIME. YOU STUB SAW THE FIRE
DAMAGE WHEN SHE WOKE UP THIS
MORNING. I'M SHOT. I'M NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BECAUSE
WE'VE WALKED ON THIS BREEZE
FOR YEARS.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND I NEVER
WOULD EXPECT THE ONLY THING
LIKE IS GRAND HOMES LIVES IN
THE AREA AND FREQUENTLY USES
THE TRAIL FOR RUNNING AND
BIKING.
>> WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING
THAT SO MANY PEOPLE USE AND
BENEFIT FROM ITS A SHAME THAT
SOMEONE WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT
WOULD DENY.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE. THE PLEASURE
OF BEING OUT AND THEN IN GREAT,
GREAT OUTDOORS HERE IN RALEIGH.
>> MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN HERE
YOU SHARE HOMES AS FELIX
UNICODE. ONE IS VISITING FROM
QUEBEC. HE SAYS HE WAS
DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE BRIDGE
ON HIS BIKE RIDE. AND WHEN I
SAW THAT THE BRIDGE WAS BURNING
WAS LIKE WHAT THE POINT OF
BURNING A BRIDGE IN PET FOODS.
THAT'S WHERE PLAYERS ARE.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S WHY PEOPLE
ARE DOING THAT.
>> THOSE WILL LEAD AN EARLY
REPORTING. WRAL OR EXCUSE ME,
RALEIGH POLICE SAY RIGHT NOW
THEY ARE NOT RELEASING ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT SUSPECTS OR
A PERSON OF INTEREST. THEY WILL
ALSO WORKING TO DETERMINE IF
THIS FIRE WILL BE INVESTIGATED