Atlanta Fire and Rescue officials have identified the Atlanta man accused of setting his parents’ house on fire early Tuesday morning.
Arson investigators have obtained a warrant for Brendan Middleton, 22, in connection with the fire at the home on Greystone Road in northwest Atlanta.
What started as an argument between Middleton and his parents with whom he lived turned into a conflagration that investigators are probing, police said.
“It appears that the homeowners put the son out because of a disagreement,” Atlanta Police Capt. Tim Peek said.
Police were called just before 3 a.m., Tuesday to a report of a man kicking in the door to the home in the 1800 block of Greystone Drive in northwest Atlanta.
“The son returned and set the house on fire,” Peek said. “He used some type of accelerant.”
Middleton fled on foot as the home burned, police said.
“There were just flames shooting all up into the sky,” neighbor Mike Corsini told Channel 2 Action News.
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