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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Investigators believe an arsonist set each of the five house fires independently in Sevierville early Monday morning.
“I cannot recall it ever happening since I’ve been here, for over 20 years, where we’ve had multiple dwellings that we suspect of arson in one incident,” said City of Sevierville’s public information officer, Bob Stahlke.
Firefighters started working on the first house fire at the 500 block of Apple Ridge Way at about 3:45 a.m. when they noticed a second fire next door. Soon, a third, fourth and fifth house were on fire down the road. At one point, every fire department in Sevier County were fighting the five fires. Crews said the first house is a complete loss, but each subsequent fire caused less damage.
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