Man Who Set Fire At Museum Facility Arrested: Seattle Police

SEATTLE, WA — A man was arrested Wednesday after setting a fire at a museum facility in Georgetown, according to Seattle police.

The incident occurred around 3:45 a.m., when witnesses reported seeing the man trying to set bushes on fire in the 5900 block of Sixth Avenue South outside a building that houses a museum operations and storage facility, police said.

Officers found exterior fire damage to the building and arrested the 36-year-old, who was digging in a nearby garbage can, according to police. The man had a lighter and butane torch and was booked into King County Jail for reckless burning, police said.