Mobile County Health Department's Women's Health Center damaged by fire March 4

A fire believed to have been intentionally set on March 4, 2015, caused damage to

the back of the Women's Center on Cox Street in Mobile.

MOBILE, Ala. – Video surveillance from Wednesday morning captured footage of at least one person damaging the Mobile County Health Department’s Cox Street property that houses a children’s and a women’s health center, among other programs. A fire was set near a back entrance. Windows were damaged and a generator was tampered with, officials said.

 Dr. Bernard Eichold, Health Officer for Mobile County, estimated that less than $10,000 worth of damage was sustained in the incident that began about 4 a.m. March 4, 2015.

No apparent injuries were sustained in the fire that damaged the back of the structure. Images from the health agency’s video cameras are being turned over to investigators with the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department to aid in the investigation, Eichold said.

In the video, at least one adult male wearing a dark, short-sleeve shirt and long shorts could be seen throwing objects at windows. The man was wearing short white socks and dark shoes. He appeared to be bald with no visible facial hair.

The Mobile County Health Department and its primary care division, known as Family Health, uses video cameras at all of its properties to monitor activity 24 hours a day.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Mobile Fire-Rescue at 251-208-MFRD or 251-208-7311.