Sam McCrossin can’t seem to catch a break. In 2022, CSX Transportation Inc., closed the crossing leading to McCrossin’s Forward Township businesses. He subsequently sued CSX in federal court. In January, McCrossin received a late-night call informing him that his riverside property was in flames .After he arrived on the scene, he thought, “I just lost everything I own.”McCrossin ran three businesses at the Monongahela River site he called McCrossin’s Landing: a marina, a pub and an excavating business. The fire destroyed everything except some excavating equipment that wasn’t on-site.The Allegheny County fire marshal’s office estimated the loss to be $299,979. McCrossin thinks he lost a lot more.“I didn’t have any contents insured,” he says. “I lost my boat, jet skis, golf carts, tools and equipment.”The charred interior of McCrossin’s Landing after the Jan. 31 fire. Photo courtesy of McCrossin’s Landing.The fire marshal’s initial report found that the Jan. 31 fire was intentionally set. Investigators noted “ignitable liquid vapors” at the scene. “The case is under active criminal investigation. Nothing further to release,” a spokesperson for the fire marshal wrote in an email responding to questions about the investigation.McCrossin says that the fire ruined him. “There’s not going to be anything I can do with that business at this point,” he says. “Pretty much got to wash my hands of it and move on in life.”According to PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), the case filed July 15, 2024, against CSX remains open. McCrossin declined to speak about it.McCrossin is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of whomever set the fire. The phone number for tips is 412-652-0432.The post Marina at the center of railroad crossing dispute destroyed in fire officials say was intentional appeared first on NEXTpittsburgh. ...read more read less