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Investigators are still combing through the remains of the Alta Waverly project in Oakland, California. But officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are offering a reward to find the people responsible for three other massive fires to construction job sites in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For now, it’s too early to say if Andersen Construction‘s first project in the Bay Area is the latest casualty in a spree of anti-gentrification arsons, according to authorities.

鈥淲e don’t go in with any preconceived notions,鈥� ATF spokeswoman Alexandria Corneiro said. 鈥淲e let the evidence tell us what the cause was.鈥�

Alta Waverly, a $60 million market-rate project, was to be 75 feet tall and include 196 residential units and 212 parking spaces. The structure was about 50 percent complete when it burned early July 7. Between 700 and 900 people who lived nearby were displaced as a result of the fire. Many waited until Sunday to be cleared to re-enter their homes; some waited until Monday.

It’s not known how extensive the damage was because portions of the building, like the concrete podium, could potentially be reused in a rebuild, said Angela Robinson Pinon, spokeswoman for the Oakland Fire Department.

The developer, Wood Partners, has not said if it will attempt to rebuild.

A project in nearby Emeryville burned down in 2016, and again in May. Another Oakland project burned last Halloween. The ATF is offering a $110,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of someone responsible for setting the massive fires. The agency has released showing a person scaling scaffolding at the Emeryville job site and then leaving on a bicycle. Bay Area media have focused on the possibility that activists are behind the fires.

Andersen Construction issued a statement that reads: 鈥淐ompany representatives聽are聽working in聽cooperation聽with local authorities to ensure the surrounding neighborhood is safe and secure. Crews are cooperating with ATF investigators who聽are聽currently聽in control of the site.鈥�