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Alorton, MO (KMOV) — A Metro East mayor’s home was destroyed by a fire overnight.
Alorton Mayor JoAnn Reed’s daughter told News 4 this isn’t the first time their home has been damaged by fire, it also happened in 2007 and in 2017. She said the family is sick and tired of it and believes someone set the house on fire over a political rivalry.
“We kind of felt like this could happen, it was only a matter of when,” Reed’s daughter said. “It’s been going on for 10-plus years at this point. They came and threw bricks through all of our car windows while we were having a family function, everybody’s windows were busted out. So this is some stuff that’s been going on for some time.”
Reed’s daughter said a witness saw someone in all black near the home when the fire broke out. She believes someone threw something through the front window, which is where she said the fire began.
Mayor Reed was able to get out of the burning home through a side door.
Reed’s daughter said she picked up her 9-year-old 20 minutes before the fire started.
As of now, fire investigators have not determined the cause of the fire.
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