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Case File · Forensic · No. 002

Daily Casefile · Forensic

The Harborside Warehouse Fire

6 min

At 3:14 a.m. on a Tuesday, fire crews responded to a fully involved blaze at Pier 9 Warehouse on the Harborside waterfront. When investigators arrived at dawn, they found the body of night-watchman Desmond Chu near the east loading dock — a death initially recorded as accidental smoke inhalation. Insurance investigator Nora Falk suspects arson and possible homicide. Your task is to reconstruct the exact sequence of six key events leading up to and including the discovery of the body, using only the forensic evidence provided.

The scene

A working-class port district, present day

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