Man accused of setting 2 fires at same house within 3 hours in Dayton

The Dayton Fire Department responded twice Saturday to a duplex in the 200 block of Xenia Avenue in East Dayton. Crews were dispatched at 3:46 p.m. for the first fire, and again at 5:56 p.m. for a different fire in the house, said Capt. Brad French.

Firefighters remained on the scene for 1½ hours following the first call and an hour and 20 minutes for the second call he said.

Both fires were inside the two-story house, and fire investigators determined they were both set intentionally. No injuries were reported as a result of either fire and preliminary damage estimates are pending, French said.

A criminal complaint filed in Dayton Municipal Court alleges that Carter “did by means of fire or explosion, knowingly cause physical harm to an occupied structure.”

Carter, who lives on Xenia Avenue a block away from the house set on fire, documents show, was arrested outside the scene of the fires, French said.

Carter was booked Sunday evening into the Montgomery County Jail, where he remains awaiting his arraignment.