ARSON AT LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEX DOES LITTLE DAMAGE THANKS TO RESIDENT

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ARSON AT A CITY APARTMENT COMPLEX WHICH DID LITTLE DAMAGE.

            OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 406 EAST 1^ST STREET AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING FOR THE REPORT OF FIRE. A WITNESS TOLD POLICE HE OBSERVED FLAMES COMING FROM THE REAR OF APARTMENT 1 AND THEN WATCHED AN UNIDENTIFIED BLACK MALE RUN SOUTH DOWN CLAY STREET.

            A BURNT SHIRT WAS FOUND LAYING ACROSS THE CROSS-BEAM FOR THE WOODEN STAIRS AT THE REAR OF THE APARTMENT, WITH DAMAGE DESCRIBED AS “MINIMAL, BUT PRESENT.”

            THE RESIDENT, 54-YEAR OLD ALLEN BURNS OF HOPKINSVILLE, WAS ABLE TO PUT THE BLAZE OUT BY DOUSING IT WITH WATER. A SUSPECT IS LISTED ON THE REPORT.

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