Gardner Man Arrested, Charged In 6-Alarm Fire

GARDNER (CBS) -- A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a six-alarm fire in Gardner on Tuesday.

Renaldo Pitre, of Gardner, was arraigned in Gardner District Court Wednesday on two counts of burning a building.

No other information was immediately available about the suspect.

Raw Video: Building Collapses

The state fire marshal had considered the fire suspicious. It began in a vacant warehouse on Sherman Street before spreading to a vacant apartment building, causing both to collapse.

Nearby homes and a factory building had to be evacuated as firefighters battled the flames.