CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — Chandler police are searching for an arsonist accused of setting fire to a home while the family living there was inside. Detectives and the family say the suspect is someone the family’s known for 25 years.
The family said moments before the fire, they saw the suspect on the property and according to them, this was not the first time that same man had tried to burn this house down. “I don’t have my wallet. I had my underwear and one sock,” said homeowner Josh Steele.
Despite losing their home of six years, the Steele family is counting their blessings. “We were all sleeping in the house. That’s three of my four daughters, my son-in-law,” Steele explained. “We’re not just alive. We’re like, uninjured. I mean, my voice is scratchy from all the smoke, but this is a win.”…