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HAMMOND, La. (WGNO) — A Hammond man has been arrested after he allegedly set fire to a Hammond-area home with two women inside of it on Wednesday, June 4.

According to the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal, a fire was reported at a home in the 44000 block of Marie Drive in Hammond. The people inside the home were able to escape safely, and a request was made for SFM deputies to investigate the fire, who determined that it was set intentionally on the front porch.

Investigators say they then named 36-year-old Kirk Anslem, an ex-boyfriend of one of the occupants, as the suspect. After a pursuit and a manhunt which lasted over 12-hours, Anslem was arrested by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office around Pumpkin Center

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