MENASHA (NBC 26) -- Menasha Police have arrested a 23-year-old man accused of setting a fire in a basement.
Police said on June 20th at 3:14 am, a fire was reported in the basement of 936 Sixth St in Menasha. Those who lived in the apartment complex were evacuated and relocated with the assistance of the Red Cross.
No one was hurt, but police said the building sustained heavy smoke, water and structural damage as a result of the fire.
According to Menasha Police, a 23 year old man who lives at the property later admitted to investigators that he had started the fire.
The man was taken to Winnebago County Jail. While he has not yet been formally charged, police said officers requested charges of Arson to a Building.
The other residents of the building remain displaced pending repairs, police said.
