After getting eviction notice, man sets fire to SC apartment complex, officials say
Someone at the complex in
First responders arrived to find heavy smoke and a fire coming from an apartment on the second floor, according to WCBD, and they quickly put it out.
Witnesses told police that as West was setting the fire he was shouting that he was going to burn the building down and that the owner would "get his insurance money," according to WCSC.
They also told police he set a dresser on fire outside of the building then set a pillow on fire and hurled it into an apartment, setting it and another unit ablaze, WCSC reported.
All of the residents were able to get out of the apartment building unharmed, but 16 people, including three children, have been left without a home, WCBD reported.
The
West, 46, is charged with second-degree arson and is being held on a
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