Crime & Public Safety
Man seen on video setting fire in Ross store in DeKalb
Authorities are searching for a man they say started a fire inside a Ross store at a DeKalb County shopping center.
Authorities are searching for a man they say started a fire Thursday inside a Ross store at Stonecrest Marketplace in Lithonia, DeKalb County officials said.
Newly released surveillance video shows a man walking into the store and setting a fire on an aisle in the home goods department, according to Channel 2 Action News.
DeKalb County fire officials say a fire was intentionally set at a Ross store at Stonecrest Marketplace. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
Crews knocked down the fire in the 8000 block of Mall Parkway, but the building suffered significant smoke and water damage, DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson told Channel 2.
No one was injured in the fire.
The marketplace is not far from The Mall at Stonecrest.
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