BILLINGS - Billings police announced Monday morning that a man was arrested Saturday evening after allegedly setting fire to a South Side residence.
Police said in a press release that the fire at 2720 Fourth Avenue South was reported Saturday at 6:42 p.m.
Witnesses reported seeing someone running from the apartment, and officers arrested 27-year-old Reese Gray several blocks away.
No serious injuries were reported, although the occupant of the apartment told MTN News a stranger saved her life by alerting her to the blaze. A cat was found deceased inside the apartment.
Gray, of Hardin, has been booked into the Yellowstone County jail on possible charges of arson, criminal endangerment, and animal cruelty.
Watch: Woman describes how a stranger alerted her to the fire at her residence
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