Man accused of setting his home on fire, Hall County deputies say

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A man was charged Monday after officials said he was accused of arson at a Hall County home.

Hall County Sheriff officials told Channel 2 Action News that on Feb. 25, fire crews received reports of a mobile home on fire on Pratt Reece Road in Talmo.

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While crews battled the fire, deputies took 34-year-old Michael Timothy Sites into custody.

According to the initial investigation, Sites, who lived in the mobile home, poured gasoline on the structure, resulting in the fire.

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Deputies took Sites to the Hall County Jail and charged him with first-degree arson.

No one was injured as a result of the fire.

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It is unclear as to why Sites started the fire.

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