The video shows a white SUV approach the barn in the 300 block of Third Street in the Shawnee section of Piqua, stop, then quickly speed away as smoke starts to plume from the structure.
On Thursday, Adam Micheal Sargent was arrested in connection to the arson. He was arraigned in court Friday morning where he was released on his own recognizance.
UPDATE @ 2:35 p.m. (Oct. 12):
A Piqua man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection to a barn fire on Oct. 10, according to investigators.
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Police arrested Adam Micheal Sargent, 29, of Piqua Thursday morning on a charge of arson. Sargent has been booked into the Miami County Jail.
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Sargent is accused in the blaze that occurred in the 300 block of Third Street in the Shawnee section of Piqua Tuesday. The fire severely damaged a barn that was moved into the city in 1908.
UPDATE @ 10 p.m. (Oct. 11)
Yellow caution tape surrounds what was really a barn, not a garage, that was destroyed by what investigators are calling a suspicious fire.
The two-story barn was moved in 1908 to its current location in the rear of the 300 block of Third Street in the Shawnee section of Piqua.
It’s not clear when the barn was built, but it is among the oldest in Miami County’s rich agricultural history.
The Piqua Fire Department said the fire, which caused an estimated $18,000 damage, is suspicious. Evidence was collected and taken to the State Fire Marshal’s Office crime lab in Columbus.
Another $2,000 damage was the estimated damage sustained after the intense heat melted part of the siding of a nearby garage.
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Investigators urge anyone with information to call Piqua dispatch at 937-778-2027.
UPDATE @ 11:30 a.m. (Oct. 11)
Investigators estimate around $20,000 in damages were sustained after a fire broke out in a garage on Third Street in Piqua Tuesday.
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The blaze, which damaged a large two-story garage and a neighboring garage, is being investigated as a suspicious fire, according to the Piqua Fire Department.
Evidence was gathered this morning that will be analyzed by the Ohio Fire Marshal’s Office.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Piqua police or fire department.
UPDATE @ 6 p.m. (Oct. 10)
A large two-story garage was engulfed when crews arrived to the rear of the 300 block of Third Street in the Shawnee neighborhood of Piqua.
The barn is destroyed, and the intense heat melted some siding on a nearby garage.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the blaze and a damage estimate were not available.
FIRST REPORT
A large garage fire that broke out shortly before 5 p.m. brought crews from Piqua and Covington to the rear of the 300 block of Third Street.
Firefighters were able to get the fire under control. The cause and damage estimate were not immediately available.
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