TOPEKA, Kan. — Authorities say a downtown Topeka building sustained about $1,000 in damage when a fire was apparently intentionally set in a pile of debris behind it spread to the rear of the building.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports no one was hurt. Firefighters responding to the 7:30 p.m. Sunday call arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the rear of the two-story building.
No working smoke detectors were found in the building.