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Seattle police bust man suspected of series of arsons

Nov 6, 2015, 10:09 AM | Updated: 10:24 am

Seattle police believe they’ve arrested the person suspected of setting several fires around ...

Seattle police believe they've arrested the person suspected of setting several fires around West Seattle. (Seattle Police)

(Seattle Police)

Seattle police believe they’ve arrested the person suspected of setting several fires around West Seattle.

Officers arrested the 22-year-old man at a bar near SW Oregon and California Avenue SW after serving a warrant on his home.

Related: Someone’s trying to burn down West Seattle

During the warrant search, officers found evidence linking him to the fires in the Seattle neighborhood.

Detectives have linked the man to four fires so far. That includes one fire captured on surveillance video on Oct. 12.

There were at least five fires in West Seattle that caused the Seattle Police Department to be on its guard.

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