Denver – Police and fire investigators suspect a man tried to set a home ablaze Saturday night during a domestic violence situation.
The fire started at 5169 W. Exposition Ave. about 8:36 p.m.
Neighbors called the Fire Department and reported that a woman and a child lived inside the house, said Denver Fire Lt. Phil Champagne.
When firefighters got there, they saw flames shooting from the home, but the woman and child were not inside.
While there, a firefighter was bitten on his arm by a pit-bull mix dog. That dog and two other dogs on the property were taken by Animal Control officers.
While Animal Control was capturing the dogs, they found a man hiding in the dog house.
The man who was hiding is suspected of lighting the fire, Champagne said.
Denver police spokeswoman Virginia Quiñones said she would not have access to the name of the man who was arrested until today.
