Family loses home in arson fire; woman arrested
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A woman from St. Albans is facing arson charges after deputies said she started a fire in a car that spread to two homes and several other cars.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court, Donna Lou Hall is charged with three counts of first-degree arson and four counts of third-degree arson.
Kanawha County deputies responded early Wednesday morning to a fire on River Park Circle in St. Albans. Hall told deputies she had been inside a car that was set on fire and she removed items from the car. As a result of this car fire, three other vehicles, two homes and an out building caught fire.
Deputies arrested Hall and she is currently in the South Central Regional Jail.
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