UDALL, Kan. (KSNW) — You could smell it before you saw it — the charred remains of the city park restrooms, torched and melted from the inside out.

Udall Police Chief Erik King is calling it arson and says it’s unlike anything he’s dealt with in town before. The damage is estimated at around $10,000.

“This is where the trash can was right here in this corner,” King told KSN. “Melted the alarms, melted the drains, melted the light switches.”

Police say it happened Thursday around 4:30 in the afternoon. Then, just hours later, it happened again.

“The same person returned and, at about 8:40 at night, lit the boy's bathroom on fire, and that caused significant damage,” King said. “It was on fire for 20 minutes before the alarm company notified us.”

He says the timing couldn’t be worse, wi

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