(KAIR)--The investigation into the suspected arson of an Atchison structure Friday morning has led to the arrest of an Atchison woman.
According to Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 50-year-old Angela Dugger was arrested about six-hours after the morning fire, and taken into custody for aggravated arson.
No injuries occurred as a result of the fire, which Atchison Fire Chief Patrick Weishaar says was reported just after 6:00 Friday morning, with the caller saying fire was climbing the outside wall of the structure, located at 1621 South 6th Street, which online maps show to be the location of Harris HVAC Company.
An Atchison Police Officer in the area of the fire was able to, Weishaar says, "extinguish the bulk of the fire with a fire extinguisher from his patrol vehicle." Arriving firefighters then finished extinguishing the fire, which Weishaar says, "appeared to have started at the base of the outside wall" thorough the use of what investigators are calling "evidence of accelerants."
Investigators Friday morning, including those from the Atchison Police and Fire Departments, as well as the State Fire Marshals Office, suspected arson early in their investigation, leading to the arrest of Dugger.
According to Wilson, she faces aggravated arson because a 60-year-old man was asleep inside the structure at the time the fire was allegedly set, but escaped injury.
The investigation is ongoing.
Following her arrest, Dugger was booked into the Atchison County Jail.
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