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A male and female have been arrested on arson and conspiracy changes following the house fire at 4th Street and 7th Avenue SE.
Tony Kemp and Kayla Putnam were arrested Friday night, January 13, 2023, and taken to the Magee City Jail. Both charges each carry a $50,000 bond.
An update will be published when received from the Magee Police Department.
Magee Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the corner of 4th ST SE AND 7th AVE SE. Once on scene firefighters found a single family brick home approximately 1500sq feet with heavy smoke coming from SE corner of home. Firefighters entered the home and extinguished fire. Once fire was extinguish fireman remained on scene performing a lengthy salvage and overhaul. Magee Fire had 4 apparatus on scene and 11 staff. Magee Police and CCH Ambulance were both on scene. Time of call was 12:17 PM. On scene time 12:20 PM. Under control time 12:30 PM. Back at station 1:40 PM.
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