By Associated Press - Sunday, April 19, 2020

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 36-year-old Omaha man has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a home.

The Omaha Fire Department says the fire was reported Friday evening around 5:30 p.m. near 50th and Leavenworth streets. Fire investigators determined the fire in the basement of the home was set intentionally.

A person who lived at the home was able to escape without injury.



Firefighters extinguished the fire within roughly half an hour.

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