A Jacksonville man is accused of setting his house on fire and then stealing a fire vehicle from the scene.
On Saturday afternoon, the Jacksonville Fire Department went to a house fire on Nelson Drive, and determined that the owner, 31-year-old Anthony Biz, purposely started the fire and intended to burn the house down.
A battalion command vehicle belonging to the City of Jacksonville was taken from the scene and was later recovered in Pender County.
Biz is charged with fraudulently burning a dwelling, larceny of a motor vehicle, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and unauthorized burning. He’s being held without bond.
Nobody was hurt in the fire.
