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Montgomery County District Attorney's Office A Pennsylvania firefighter has been accused of starting three separate blazes in a 30-hour span that his colleagues were forced to respond to. Justin Sholly, 29, a firefighter at the Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company, has been arrested over the spree. Authorities say it began around midnight on Friday in Franconia Township when Sholly allegedly set a stack of logs on fire and later helped extinguish the blaze. His colleagues were then forced to respond to a second call at 4:17 a.m. in an area nearby, where a wooden garage was set ablaze mere feet from homes with 10 people sleeping inside—including Sholly’s former boss, who fired him last year, according to NBC News . Authorities say Sholly was ultimately busted because a license plate database and surveillance footage showed his car in the vicinity of each blaze. He is facing charges for arson, reckless burning or exploding, criminal trespassing, and recklessly endangering a person, among other charges. His bail has been set at $500,000. Read it at NBC News Read more at The Daily Beast.
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