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Fires break out at German refugee housing site

A swastika and the words ‘No asylum seeker in Vorra,’ are written on a building in Vorra, Germany, early Friday Dec. 12, 2014. Police say arsonists are suspected of setting fires at three empty buildings in Bavaria that had been earmarked to serve as accommodation for asylum seekers. The fires broke out late Thursday evening in Vorra, near Nuremberg. Police said Friday that anti-foreigner slogans and swastikas were found daubed at one site. There was no one in the buildings at the time. Police say the blazes were extinguished quickly but one firefighter was slightly injured. (AP Photo/dpa, ToMa/dpa)

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Fires break out at German refugee housing site

Firefighters stand near a building in Vorra, Germany, early Friday Dec. 12, 2014. Police say arsonists are suspected of setting fires at three empty buildings in Bavaria that had been earmarked to serve as accommodation for asylum seekers. The fires broke out late Thursday evening in Vorra, near Nuremberg. Police said Friday that anti-foreigner slogans and swastikas were found daubed at one site. There was no one in the buildings at the time. Police say the blazes were extinguished quickly but one firefighter was slightly injured. (AP Photo/dpa, ToMa/dpa)

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Fires break out at German refugee housing site

Inside view of a building after a fire was extinguished in Vorra, Germany, early Friday Dec. 12, 2014. Police say arsonists are suspected of setting fires at three empty buildings in Bavaria that had been earmarked to serve as accommodation for asylum seekers. The fires broke out late Thursday evening in Vorra, near Nuremberg. Police said Friday that anti-foreigner slogans and swastikas were found daubed at one site. There was no one in the buildings at the time. Police say the blazes were extinguished quickly but one firefighter was slightly injured. (AP Photo/dpa, ToMa/dpa)

Posted: Friday, December 12, 2014 7:12 am
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Updated: 1:45 am, Sat Dec 13, 2014.

Fires break out at German refugee housing site

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BERLIN (AP) — Security at asylum sites in Bavaria was being stepped up Friday after fires broke out at three empty buildings earmarked to house asylum seekers and anti-foreigner slogans and swastikas were painted at one site.

The fires broke out late Thursday evening in Vorra, in southern Germany near Nuremberg, and police said they were treating it as an arson case.

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