On Sunday, Tacoma police arrested a man they are calling a serial arsonist, saying he is responsible for setting at least five fires in thirty minutes, one damaging an apartment. FOX13
, officers responded to a call around 6:30 p.m. for a dumpster fire in the 200 block of S. G St.
Officers said this was the third dumpster fire reported in the area that hour. The dumpsters were pushed directly along the side of an apartment building.Court documents say police saw the suspect hiding, wrapped in a blanket, but they did not have enough information to make an arrest. The documents say police went back to get more details, but by the time they had sufficient information, the suspect was gone.
While searching for the suspect, two more dumpster fires were reported in the 400 block of St. Helens. Both dumpsters were pushed up against a construction site. Witnesses gave a similar description to the person who started the first fire.
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