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Man arrested over Marion fire
A Woodville North man has been arrested and charged with arson following a building fire at Marion last month.
Just after 5am on Sunday 17 January, police were called to a business on Sturt Road after reports of a building fire, with multiple MFS appliances attending.
The property was extensively damaged with an estimated value of repair in excess of $500,000, with the cause of the fire deemed to be suspicious and deliberately lit.
On Saturday, 20 February, Southern District CIB members with assistance from Western District patrols arrested a 30-year-old man at Seaton.
The arrested man was charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass, arson and possess a firearm without licence after an imitation shotgun was located.
He…
