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Woman charged with setting fire to her apartment in Norway, Maine

Woman charged with setting fire to her apartment in Norway, Maine

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A woman is charged with setting fire to her apartment building in Oxford County on Saturday.

She lived in a 5-unit building on Deering St. in Norway.

On Sunday, Shannon Moss from the Maine Dept. of Public Safety announced the arrest of 29-year-old Katrina O’Connor.

O’Connor is charged with arson following the blaze.

She remained held without bail in the Oxford County Jail on Sunday.

No injuries were reported, but the building is a total loss.

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