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The suspect in a destructive dry storage boat rack fire who allegedly caused an estimated $8.5 million in damages was charged with arson in the first degree on Friday
Arthur Arakelov is being held on $100,000 bail in King County Jail. The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office argued bail be set at $750,000.
In the morning hours of Wednesday, March 22, Arakelov climbed onto the third or fourth story of a dry storage boat rack where he started a fire with a "torch style lighter," according to charging documents.
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