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Nine Year Old Torches Hixson Dollar General

By Casey Tuggle | April 15, 2009, 6:41 a.m.

We saw it first on Twitter, and the fine folks at The Chattanoogan provided the details and some photos.


Chattanooga fire investigators are trying to determine what charges will be filed against a nine-year-old boy after he confessed to starting a fire that destroyed the Dollar General Store in Hixson. The boy told firefighters that he was mad at his mother, so he walked to the rear of the store and set rolls of bathroom tissue on fire.

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Chattanoogan.com reports on a fire at the Dollar General Store in Hixson.

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