The Nov. 22 blaze at Warner Bros. Studios that destroyed the farmhouse used in the TV series The Waltons was set by an arsonist, according to Burbank, Calif., fire officials.
Burn patterns indicated that a flammable substance was splashed around a chicken coop on the set and inside the house, an arson investigator said Wednesday.
The flames spread quickly from the coop and the house to the barn and caused $200,000 in damage before being extinguished by studio firefighters.