Officials with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms arrested a District of Columbia man who they suspect may be responsible for more than 40 fires in the Washington region. Authorities made the arrest in Prince George’s County, Md., ATF spokesman Mike Campbell said. The serial arsonist is suspected in more than 40 fires set in D.C., Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland, Alexandria, Va., and Fairfax County, Va. The fires began on March 8, 2003, in the district. One blaze — on June 5, 2003 in Northeast Washington — killed an elderly woman.
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