Arsonist Arrested for Midtown Apartment Fire That Displaced Dozens

AFD: Resident charged with arson, reckless endangerment

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By Megan Edge

Story Created: Jan 4, 2013 at 11:27 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Jan 5, 2013 at 8:36 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - A 41-year-old woman was arrested Friday, accused of starting the Thursday fire that gutted a Midtown apartment building, killing at least three pets, injuring two people and displacing dozens of people, said an Anchorage Fire Department spokesperson.

Jenae Collins lived in the Calais Arms building, said AFD spokesperson Al Tamagni. Collins was charged with arson and reckless endangerment. She was booked into the Anchorage pre-trial jail, and will be arraigned over the weekend.

Calls to 911 started pouring in at about 8:40 a.m. Thursday about the blaze consuming the 24-unit building on Eureka near 34th Avenue.

Callers said heavy smoke was pouring out of the roof and south side of the building. 

It took firefighters about two hours to get the blaze under control.

KTVA interviewed Jenae Collins Thursday, shortly after the fire. For the full interview, click here.

 

 

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Castogere said on Saturday, Jan 5 at 6:19 PM

Yea, guess who pays for that, should be more like the wild west where we just hang people via express lane. Think of the money we'd save. People commit crime here because they know all they get is jail time. Put the fear of hangin in em and the crime rate will drop.

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TedtheBear said on Saturday, Jan 5 at 10:48 AM

I guess she isn't homeless anymore and she won't have to worry about clothes. DOC Alaska will be her new home and they will clothed and feed her for many years to come.

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