<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=28lfKA_0wAYMovV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=28lfKA_0wAYMovV00" width="318" height="464" ><p>A Toledo man is in the Lorain County Jail awaiting his initial court appearance after police said he set a trash receptacle on fire after being denied an alcohol purchase.</p><p>Firefighters were called to the Valero Gas Station on East Avenue in response to a trash container fire, police said. The fire, which posed a significant threat due to its proximity to the building and the gas pumps, was extinguished.</p><p>Security footage from the store led police to Michael Fafard, 49, who previously had been cited with trespassing at the gas station. Fafard was arrested, and police said he told them he started the fire after a clerk refused to sell him alcohol.</p><p>Fafard has been charged with aggravated arson and vandalism, both felonies, and criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. Police said he is on probation for a 2023 arson conviction in Michigan, and probably will be extradited back there.</p></div></body>

Mountain View, CA

NewsBreak

Fire at Elyria gas station leads to arson arrest

A Toledo man is in the Lorain County Jail awaiting his initial court appearance after police said he set a trash receptacle on fire after being denied an alcohol purchase. Firefighters were called to the Valero Gas Station on East Avenue in response to a trash container fire, police said. The fire, which posed a significant threat due to its proximity to the building and the gas pumps, was extinguished.