Texas police arrest suspect who allegedly set housing complex on fire in 2018, killing 5
TX authorities plan to give more details about the arrest at a press conference on July 6
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An arrest has been made nearly five years after a fire intentionally set in a housing complex killed five people and displaced 200 more in San Marcos, Texas, the city announced Wednesday.
The July 20, 2018, blaze damaged the Iconic Village and Vintage Pads apartments in San Marcos, a city of almost 70,000 people southwest of Austin. The city fire marshal said days after the fire that four bodies were found in a single apartment building, which did not have sprinklers since it was built in 1970 and was code-compliant when constructed.
Later that year, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the fire had been set on purpose, and the five deaths were ruled homicides.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}5 DEATHS IN MASSIVE TEXAS APARTMENT FIRE RULED HOMICIDE, NO SUSPECTS NAMED
Texas police arrested a person who is suspected of setting an apartment building in San Marcos, Texas, on fire. The fire killed five people. (Fox News)
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Authorities gave little other details, including the name of the suspect. They planned to say more Thursday during a press conference.