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The Fire Reportedly Started When The Landlord Was Blasting Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’

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The building’s owner Travis Lee Carlson is believed to have started the fire in May 2023

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Minnesota police arrested an Old man accused of burning an apartment

Travis Lee Carlson, 37-year-old has been charged with first-degree arson in connection with the blaze in the port city of Duluth near the Wisconsin border on May 18.

According to court documents obtained by Minneapolis-based NBC affiliate KARE officers arrived at the Duplex on West Fourth Street shortly after 4 a.m. on the day in question. In a statement to the newspaper St. Louis County Attorney Vicky Wanta said there may be mental health or drug-related concerns about the defendant‘s conduct. Carlson reportedly played Billy Joel’s song We Didn’t Start The Fire as first responders arrived to fight the fire.

A flash of light is like a fireball from the upper floor of the apartment

They reportedly found burn marks and a few wires coming out of a switchboard in the basement. Investigators also found a hole in the gas tank of Carlson’s truck with a drill bit lying next to it. Gas can lids near the truck, and gas accelerators throughout the apartment.

Three people and a cat lived in that house and no residents were injured in the blaze officials said. However, the tenants were evicted and received help from the Red Cross.

 

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