The house in Odessa, Texas, that spawned President George W. Bush, and that is now part of a presidential museum, was damaged by a fire Thursday that investigators blame on arson.
"I can tell you it has been determined that it was intentionally set, but I cannot discuss anything about evidence or possible suspects because this is an ongoing criminal investigation," said city of Odessa spokeswoman Andrea Goodson.
Museum administrator Lettie England said no motive for the blaze had been determined, no notes or messages were found at the scene, and there was no reason at this point to believe it was a political act.
England said in a telephone interview from the west Texas city that the arsonist spread some kind of flammable liquid on the door and front windows and set the fire.
The then 2-year-old Bush lived in the two-bedroom home from September 1948 to April 1949 with his father, former President George Bush, then a trainee for an oil company, and his mother, Barbara Bush.
The Bushes had come to Texas from the Northeastern United States after World War II to get into the oil business.
The 800-square-foot (74-square-meter) wooden house was restored in 2004 and moved near the Presidential Museum and Leadership Library on the University of Texas of the Permian Basin campus.
Source: Xinhua
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