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MIDVALE -- Investigators say a fire that started in a Midvale house as the resident was put in handcuffs was accidental.
Midvale police tell the Salt Lake Tribune that the fire near 500 East and 7500 South on Tuesday started in a crawl space. They do not believe it was intentionally set.
Taylorsville police had arrived to arrest a resident, 46-year-old J. Lee Wood, on unrelated charges when the fire began.
A woman who also lived at the house said Tuesday that the fire started in a crawl space on the second floor.
