JAY — A 27-year-old Maine woman has been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to her mobile home a day after it was heavily damaged by another fire.

State fire investigators arrested Amanda Morey on Friday.

Firefighters first put out a fire in the living room of Morey’s home in Jay on Thursday afternoon.

The Sun Journal of Lewiston reported that firefighters were called back to the mobile home shortly after
9 a.m. Friday and found the bedroom on fire and flames spreading though the living room and out the front door.

Morey was being held in the Franklin County Jail on $5,000 bail.


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