Arson

42 year-old Ryan Kirkbride is in the Missoula County Jail charged with felony arson and criminal endangerment after a fire started in the basement of a relative’s home, placing the family in danger.

The Missoula Fire Department and Missoula City Police officers were dispatched to a structure fire in the 900 block of Stoddard Street.

Law enforcement officers responded to a report of a large fire on Interstate 90 near Frenchtown.

Missoula Police Officers were called to assist with a fire at a residence in the 1300 block of Defoe Street.

The Missoula County Attorney’s Office filed 19 new felony criminal complaints this week.

There could be other arson fires involved.

The fire that killed three people in a Corvallis apartment building early Monday morning has been ruled by fire marshals and investigators as arson, and a homicide investigation is underway