Man arrested in Southfield apartment fire; arson suspected
Southfield police have arrested a 32-year-old Southfield man in connection with a suspected arson fire early Monday , April 24, at the Regal Towers apartment complex . Police do not yet have a motive for the suspected arson , said Nick Loussia, deputy police chief . The man has not been arraigned yet and his name has not been released. He was arrested a few hours after the fire broke out at about 5 a.m., he said. About 80 people were evacuated from the complex off Franklin Road near 11 Mile Road. One person was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries, said James Bunker, battalion chief of the Southfield Fire Department .
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The fire was confined to the first floor of the seven-story building, he said.