Investigators have determined that three recent fires at Fresno’s Mission Thrift Stores were accidental.

The Fresno Fire Department released a statement after investigating the third fire at the thrift store in recent weeks, determining that the fires were not caused by arson.

Driving the news: The first fire at Mission Thrift, located on Sierra Ave. between Blackstone Ave. and Fresno St., occurred on July 10. • That was quickly followed by another fire on July 11. • Firefighters responded to a third fire on July 27, around 1:10 p.m.

Go deeper: Fire crews found a large pile of donated items that were burning outside of the building when they arrived on July 27. • It took 39 firefighters over five hours to fully extinguish the fire and check for any remaining hot spots.

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