Man arrested for allegedly setting trash compactor on fire two days in a row

ST. GEORGE — A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to his apartment complex’s trash compactor two days in a row.

The St. George Fire Department said that around 3:30 a.m. on April 14, it responded to a fire at Tapestry at Long Farms apartments off Antioch Road. Firefighters found the fire in the trash compactor and extinguished it, but had to come back and put it out again after it rekindled later that afternoon.

The next day, around 5:30 a.m., the fire department was called back to the complex for another trash compactor fire…

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