ORIENT — A Franklin County man is in custody and facing a charge of arson in connection with an early-morning fire Saturday that destroyed one house in Orient and caused extensive damage to a second dwelling.
Michael C. Lampley was taken into custody by Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies after he allegedly set fire to a residence located at 504 Buchanan St. in Orient. That residence, a single-story frame house, was gutted and a nearby house received extensive damage from the heat. The fire was reported at 2:38 a.m. and nobody was in the residence when firefighters arrived.
The Illinois State Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate the fire. Firefighters from West Frankfort, Benton and Zeigler assisted in the blaze and were on scene nearly four hours. No injuries were reported in the early-morning fire.
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