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Arson Blamed for Fire at Closed Hotel in Goshen

  GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) _ Investigators have ruled arson caused the fire at a closed hotel in northern Indiana where the owner who was renovating it was killed two years ago.
 
  Goshen fire officials say the Monday night fire at the former Goshen Inn and Conference Center was badly damaged its restaurant and lounge areas.
 
  Assistant Fire Chief Jim Ramer tells The Elkhart Truth that details about how the fire's was started weren't being released during the investigation.
 
  Fire Chief Dan Sink tells The Goshen News that the building's natural gas and electricity service had been shut off. A $5,000 reward is being offered in the case.
 
  Hotel owner 51-year-old Ken Patel was fatally beaten there in 2011 by a homeless man whom he had given work and a place to sleep.

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