MEBANE, N.C. (WGHP) — A former part-time firefighter with the Mebane Fire Department is accused of setting his family home on fire in a domestic incident, according to court records.
Billy Wayne Smith, 40, of Hillsborough, is accused in the warrant of burning his family home while several family members and a child were still inside. Smith attempted to start a fire “by putting plastic items on the stove, igniting the stove burners and the flammable materials and then fleeing the residence.”
Smith is also accused in the warrant of “striking a woman with a closed fist upon her face.”…