KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM)– A suspected arsonist is in custody after Public Safety says they believe he started a fire that destroyed a garage in the 11-hundred block of Francis Court just after 10-last night.
Firefighters were dispatched to the address in the Edison Neighborhood and were able to keep the flames from the unattached garage from spreading to a nearby home.
The house was evacuated as a precaution. Firefighting efforts were hampered by a frozen hydrant.There were no injuries.
The suspect, a 20-year-old Kalamazoo resident has been booked into the Kalamazoo County Jail and could be formally charged later today.
