WADSWORTH, Nev. (AP) - Tribal officials say a northern Nevada man was arrested after allegedly holding firefighters at bay with a fireplace poker outside a burning house.
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe spokesman Don Pelt tells the Reno Gazette-Journal (https://on.rgj.com/2ew1osQ ) the man confronted crews responding to the fire Thursday night at a home in Wadsworth.
Pelt said the man wielded the fire poker until police arrived and he was arrested.
KTVN-TV (https://bit.ly/2fjLArY ) identified the man as the owner of the house, and said the standoff lasted about 30 minutes. His name wasn’t immediately made public.
Pelt said that once firefighters got into the house, the fire was quickly extinguished.
He told the Gazette-Journal the cause of the fire was being investigated, but officials considered it suspicious.
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