By Associated Press - Tuesday, January 28, 2014

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - Investigators say a fire that destroyed a house on Monday afternoon was the work of an arsonist.

Fire Marshal Jason Collier tells WTOK-TV (https://bit.ly/MpN4RN ) the fire was reported at an unoccupied house on Martin Luther King Drive in Meridian.

Witnesses told firefighters they saw a man leaving the house about the time the fire started, Collier says.



The house did not have electric or gas service, investigators say.

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Information from: WTOK-TV, https://www.wtok.com

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