Arson eyed in Everett apartment fire

By Globe Staff

State fire officials said today that a four-alarm fire in an Everett apartment building early Monday was the work of an arsonist.

"This fire was deliberately set," State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan said this morning by phone. "An arson investigation is underway and we are pursuing all leads."

The blaze broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in a building on Main Street. One firefighter had to be rescued when he became trapped in the flames. No injuries were reported.

Coan said the arson probe involved State Police assigned to his office, Everett fire officials, and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

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