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State fire officials were viewing hours of security video Sunday night as part of a massive investigation into who set a predawn fire at the Texas Governor's Mansion that sent huge plumes of smoke through downtown and left the 152-year-old building with a partially collapsed roof, blackened windows and fire-charred white columns on its porch. Authorities said that they were interviewing as many as a dozen possible witnesses and that a team of national experts from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would arrive in Austin today to assist them. "This is a huge, terrible loss," said State Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado, who is leading the investigation. "We're going to come get the person responsible for causing this damage." No one was injured in the blaze, which investigators believe was arson. Maldonado said investigators had collected surveillance video from the mansion grounds and neighboring office and apartment buildings that could give them the most accurate description of who set the fire. He declined to elaborate. www.americanstatesman.com