Key West’s Southernmost Point Landmark Damaged by Fire

Storyful
3 年前

Police in Florida’s Key West were searching for two suspects who they say caused “extensive damage” to the landmark Southernmost Point buoy when they set fire to Christmas tree right next to it in the early hours of New Years Day.

Key West Police said the two white males had been identified and were suspected of criminal mischief. The fire was started between 3 am and 3:30 am and was extinguished by Key West Fire Department, police said.

The Southernmost Point Buoy is a colorful, concrete buoy that marks the southernmost point in the continental United States.

CCTV footage from Two Oceans Digital shows two men standing by the buoy with a Christmas tree placed next to it. One man kneels down to the tree and it catches fire.

The two men walk away as the flames from the tree char the buoy where it reads “90 miles to Cuba, Southernmost Point, Continental U.S.A.” Credit: Two Oceans Digital via Storyful