60th Anniversary of Our Lady of the Angels Fire-- Part 5: Arson?

That afternoon throughout the Midwest, as families turned on their televisions to watch their favorite afternoon shows, they discovered that the only program on was news about the Out Lady of Angels fire.  Throughout the area, watchers remained mesmerized through the following  days as coverage moved from the fire to the funerals of the victims.

It was not easy to find out who was still inside the school as many of the students found their parents in the crowds watching or made their way home.

The cause of the fire has never been officially determined but it was thought to be that the fire started in the basement and was probably started by one of the boys who brought down the wastebaskets at the end of the school day and thus it was arson.