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UPDATE: Arrest Made in Cabell County Arson Case

Updated: Fri 9:43 AM, May 24, 2013

UPDATE 5/23/13 @ 4:30 p.m.
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- An arrest has been made in an arson case in Cabell County.

Donovan Smith, 20, of South Point, Ohio, was arrested Thursday afternoon.

The West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office tells WSAZ.com Smith set fire to a mobile home in the 3400-block of Cyrus Creek Road back in March.

Smith is charged with felony arson, two counts of burning insured property, four counts of conspiracy to commit arson, nighttime burglary and burning of grasslands.

Smith was given a $225,000 cash-only bond.

More arrests are expected to be made in the case.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.



ORIGINAL STORY 3/15/13
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- No one was home when a fire spread through a mobile home in Cabell County early Friday morning.

Fire crews were called to the trailer in the 3400-block of Cyrus Creek Road about 2:30 a.m.

Firefighters say there a small amount of ammunition in the trailer that went off during the fire. No one was hurt.

Crews were called back to the trailer about 7 a.m. when the fire rekindled.

WSAZ.com is told that a man lived in the mobile home.

There is no word right now on how the fire started.


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