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Man set fire to house while blaring "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Allan Rose Hill
Apr 08, 2025
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A judge in Duluth, Minnesota sentenced Travis Lee Carlson, 39, to four years in jail for arson. Several years ago, Carlson set fire to his own apartment building while listening to Billy Joel's 1989 hit "We Didn't Start the fire."

Apparently Carlson's tenant was awoken in the middle of the night to the sounds of the landlord sm…

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