A 27-year-old Clinton man was arrested and charged with setting fire to a building that housed a residential treatment facility where he lived, police said Tuesday.
Around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, firefighters and police were dispatched to 82 High St. in Clinton after multiple reports of a fire were called in to 911. Police found the building “fully engulfed in flames,” they said.
“Emergency responders quickly worked together to determine if any persons were still inside the house; so that a rescue could be attempted, if needed,” Clinton Police Chief Vincent E. DeMaio said. “Fire personnel cleared the home and were able to extinguish the fire.