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No injuries or serious damage reported.

The Willoughby Hills Fire Department is investigating a suspected arson case.

>> i dont remember seeing him at all. >> the day after the indictment was handed out, jim and another officer staked out scotts apartment. >> and we werent there maybe 15, 20 minutes at the most and here comes scotts been pulling in. he pulls in front of his apartment. we pull in and block him from leaving. >> two and a half years after the fire at his home, 18 months since the fire at amys duplex, scott purk was in custody, and based on what he saw inside the van, they feel the arrest was made ...

>> its essentially sing hinting im not gonna find anything hide anything. youre gonna find out monday. >> right. >> arson for insurance money? too early to say, but a real possibility. >> he videotaped everything in his house. in case there was ever a fire. and he just did it recently and when i asked him how recent, he said, very. recent >> and he was doing almost everything he can to make himself sound like a suspect? >> yes. exactly. >> what was mr. purk up to? a detective couldnt guess. park...

Even in the van. >> it was a few days after the fire ats house that stows chief arson investigation called detected skin mifflin. >> and he says, youve got to hear this. so, he played me the 9-1-1 tape. >> theres a fire. >> had mifflin heard something on that initial 9-1-1 call from s daughter. something he wanted light delta here to. during a lull, can scott purk be heard calmly whispering to someone. >> oh, god, you forgot the ferry. >> hes talking about a pet ferret and his tone seem to be mo...

Was successful with her rentals. so, she had absolutely no motive for burning it. >> one thing was obvious, this fire was no accident. >> the gas beater itself was disconnected and was just hanging by the inlet fitting. the responding fire crews had a difficult time extinguishing this fire until they were able to shut the gas off. to the meters. >> so, the gas is just escaping into the air? >> correct. >> nothing about that looks like an accident and it doesnt even look particularly subtle. >> n...

One block away. >> and almost exactly a year before? >> at almost the same time in the morning. >> for the past year, jim had lidel analyze the evidence from the blaze at scott purks home. he was convinced that fire had been an inside job. and based on what he knew about arsonists, this fire was likely set by the same person. >> its unusual for them to switch method once they have a pattern that works for them. find something that works. the will do something very, very similar on each of their ...

Their trucks. so a call immediately went out to stow police detective ken mifflin. >> when i got there, i saw the fire department still putting out the blaze. someone had taken probably a pipe wrench to disconnect the gas line. and it was blowing out natural gas. it was a very large roaring sound. >> at that point, the gas hadnt ignited? >> no. it could have possibly blown up. the person who said to the fire poured gasoline all the way to the gas meter and on top of the gas meter. >> the idea wa...

A family of six from Aurora is working to get back on their feet after losing everything in a fire.

A man was taken into custody on Friday in connection to a dumpster fire that occurred behind a Savannah restaurant.