The office of Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders caught on fire Friday and authorities suspect the incident as an arson attack, multiple outlets reported. The Burlington Fire Department responded to a fire at Sanders’ Vermont office, and it is now being investigated as arson. The fire started in the entrance of the building, which houses Sanders‘ only state congressional office. Surveillance footage caught a man spraying a flammable liquid on the door, according to CNN. “He then lit the accelerant and fled,” the release said, CNN reported. “A significant fire...

A fire at the office of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) in Burlington, Vermont on Friday was intentionally lit, authorities say. The Burlington Fire Marshal’s office deemed the fire “incendiary in nature,” according to a press release. An investigation found that an accelerant had been sprayed on the door of Sen. Sanders downtown office, according to NECN. Personnel in the building and surrounding structures were evacuated. Sanders was not in the office at the time, and no staffers were injured. “A significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule,...