FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – An Austin man has been arrested in connection to two fires in Frisco, including a massive blaze that damaged eight homes in the Chapel Creek Estates near Memorial Drive Monday afternoon.
Investigators said 29-year-old Jonathan Webb was seen on surveillance video near the scene of the three-alarm fire that destroyed one home under construction before spreading to seven others.
The house next door sustained significant damage. The other homes sustained either fire, water damage or broken windows due to the 3-alarm blaze.
Authorities first arrested Webb Monday night on a public intoxication charge and outstanding warrants out of Dallas as he attempted to run from the scene of another fire a few miles away.
Just after 10 p.m. Monday, Frisco Fire and the Frisco Police Department responded to the second fire call in the 4600 block of Haverford Dr. The blaze was burning in a trash container in the alley and was quickly extinguished. No one was injured in this fire and no homes or cars were damaged.
Frisco police officers at the scene saw a man walking from between two houses near the fire. He matched the description of a person of interest related to the earlier fire in the area of Chapel Creek Parkway and Memorial Drive.
Webb is charged with deadly conduct and arson. The FMO investigation into the Chapel Creek house fires in ongoing.
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