A fast-moving blaze that destroyed part of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford Friday likely was not arson, the local fire marshal and state police said Tuesday.
The cause of the fire Friday night that consumed several workshops at the camp founded by actor Paul Newman is still under investigation, Fire Marshal Richard Whitehouse said, but “it doesn’t appear to be suspicious.” State investigators are assisting in the probe and state police spokesman Trooper Josue Dorelus confirmed that nothing uncovered so far points to arson.
An accelerant-sniffing dog did not alert to any areas, Whitehouse said.