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Something that only seems to occur in the sticks with psychotic underemployed part-timers is happening here:

Two firefighters were arraigned yesterday on arson and reckless endangerment charges for allegedly torching a Hell’s Kitchen firehouse over the weekend.

Michael Izzo, 30, of Staten Island, and Richard Capece, 31, of Brooklyn, were arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on felony charges of second- and third-degree arson and reckless endangerment. Judge Abraham Clott set bail for both men at $20,000 cash or $30,000 bond and ordered them to return to court on Friday.

According to a criminal complaint, a surveillance camera captured Izzo and Capece buying a gallon of gasoline and a cigarette lighter at a gas station on 38th Street and Tenth Avenue, about two blocks from Engine 34/Ladder 21. Capece allegedly paid for the merchandise with his MasterCard debit card and then accompanied Izzo in a 2001 black Chevrolet Suburban to the firehouse at 440 W. 38th St., where its main door was doused with gasoline and set ablaze at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. No one was injured in the fire, which was quickly extinguished by five firefighters at the firehouse.

Posted: October 30th, 2007 | Filed under: Tragicomic, Ironic, Obnoxious Or Absurd
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