KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who admitted to setting several fires in Kalamazoo last summer has been sentenced to prison for first-degree arson.
A judge on Monday sentenced George Stanard to between 17 and 40 years for the fires, which were set over a four-month span.
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Officials say after setting the fires, Stanard stuck around to watch the buildings burn.
In one of the fires, a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety firefighter was hurt. And in another blaze, two firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion.
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Stanard admitted to being at several of the fire scenes. He entered guilty pleas in May. The fires occurred between June and September of last year…