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No injuries or serious damage reported.

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

>> i don't remember seeing him at all. >> the day after the indictment was handed out, jim and another officer staked out scott's apartment. >> and we weren't there maybe 15, 20 minutes at the most and here comes scott's 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 amy's duplex, scott purk was in custody, and based on what he saw inside the van, they feel the arrest was made in the nick of time. >> he's got a cooler full of pop, and on the front passenger seat of his v...

>> it's essentially sing hinting i'm not gonna find anything hide anything. you're 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 couldn't guess. parked down the driveway, well away from the burning home sat the purk family van. cleaned up and re...

Even in the van. >> it was a few days after the fire at's house that stow's chief arson investigation called detected skin mifflin. >> and he says, you've got to hear this. so, he played me the 9-1-1 tape. >> there's 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. >> he's talking about a pet ferret and his tone seem to be more rueful oversight than anguished alarm. >> that was a bit of a flag. leading us to believe t...