CHICOPEE - State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan announced Thursday that a Chicopee man has been arrested on charges of setting three fires last month - two in South Hadley and one in Chicopee.
According to a release issued by Coan, Kamran Ehsan, 32, faces charges of setting two fires at the Hadley Mart on Memorial Drive in South Hadley April 29 and a smaller fire in the laundry room of his home the next day.
While investigating the Hadley Mart fires, police were told by the store's manager that he had discovered a fire early that morning when he opened the store that had burned itself out. A subsequent search of the property reportedly revealed evidence that placed Ehsan at the scene of both fires.
Ehsan, who lives about a half-mile away from the store with his family, faces two counts of burning a building, and additional charges may follow, according to the fire marshal's press release.
The fires were jointly investigated by the South Hadley Fire District 1 and Chicopee fire departments, the South Hadley and Chicopee police departments and state police assigned to the state fire marshal's office. The case will be prosecuted by the offices of the Hampden County and the Northwestern district attorneys.
- OWEN BOSS
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