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Tampa Man Charged With Setting Home On Fire

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Published: September 8, 2008

  Reginald Lee Mitchell

TAMPA - Reginald Lee Mitchell set an Aug. 29 fire that caused $35,000 damage to an occupied Tampa home, according to Tampa Fire Rescue.

Investigators arrested Mitchell on Sunday afternoon. He was charged with first-degree arson.

Fire crews responded about 9:40 p.m. Aug. 29 to the blaze at 7403 N. Huntley Ave. The fire at the two-story house was under control in about 10 minutes. No one was injured.

Two people – a man and a woman – were upstairs when the fire started, according to an investigator with the Tampa Fire Marshal's Office. The man told investigators he came downstairs and saw a couch ablaze.

A Tampa Fire Rescue news release doesn't list the names of the home's occupants, and Capt. Bill Wade said those details, along with why Mitchell would start the fire, weren't available because the case is ongoing. The property owner is Althia Smith, according to the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser's Web site.

On Aug. 29, about 25 responders came to the scene from fire stations in Sulphur Springs, Seminole Heights, north Tampa and east Tampa. After the fire was extinguished, the American Red Cross provided the two displaced adults temporary shelter.

Mitchell, 33, of Tampa, remained in Orient Road Jail today. His bail had not been set.

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