ShopRite employee ignited blaze inside packed NYC supermarket day before Thanksgiving: FDNY

A 21-year-old Staten Island ShopRite employee was arrested for allegedly starting a raging fire that caused over $100,000 in damages inside the supermarket the day before Thanksgiving, according to authorities.

Dominick Sacchetti was cuffed Wednesday for allegedly setting off the Nov. 26 blaze inside the bustling grocery store on Greaves Lane, where many shoppers were preparing for their Thanksgiving feasts, the FDNY said in a statement.

Sachetti, an employee of the store, was allegedly seen on surveillance cameras igniting the fire on a shelf full of paper goods, according to the FDNY.

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