A Minnesota landlord has been accused of beginning a fireplace on his property, leaving Billy Joel’s 1989 history-based hit “We Didn’t Start The Fire” enjoying amidst the blaze.

Travis Lee Carlson, 37, was charged Tuesday with first-degree arson, accused of setting fireplace to a duplex property he owns in Duluth.

A witness known as 911 at round 4 a.m. Thursday to report a fireball from the higher stage, occupied by Mr. Carlson.

The witness additionally claimed to have seen Mr. Carlson carrying a helmet, smashing his personal home windows, and going to his truck and again into the constructing with fuel cans at round 3:30 a.m.

A tenant additionally reported being woken up earlier than the hearth broke out by the sound of things and glass being smashed and shattered by Mr. Carlson.

The landlord then got here round 20 minutes later to warn them the constructing was on fireplace, based on court docket paperwork cited by KARE-TV.

When first responders arrived, the higher stage was engulfed in flames, with the blaze accompanied by the blaring sound of Billy Joel’s 1989 hit “We Didn’t Start The Fire,” which recounts 40 years of Twentieth-century historical past and popular culture.

Investigators discovered the lids of fuel cans close to Mr. Carlson’s truck, the tank of which had a gap drilled into it. Green traces of a burned accelerant had been discovered all through the complicated, and wires had been discovered pulled out of {the electrical} panel within the constructing’s basement.

Mr. Carlson was arrested Friday with recent burns on his legs and arms.

Of the three folks and one cat dwelling on the constructing, solely Mr. Carlson was injured; damages to the constructing and property inside are estimated at $25,000, based on the Duluth News Tribune.

Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com