A sanitation worker was picking up garbage early Monday morning at a Family Dollar in Harrisburg when he saw a man setting fire to the back of the store.

The worker’s quick call to 911 around 3:45 a.m. saved the building on the 900 block of South 13th Street from extensive fire damage and helped police arrest Abdiel Angueira-Vazquez, 30, who was charged with arson.

Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Chief Brian Enterline said if the worker’s call had come even minutes later, the fire would have made it to the roof of the building, “which was a rubber roof and probably would have burned a significant portion of the roof off.”

Enterline said the fire department is still investigating what accelerant or material was used to start the fire. He said the fire destroyed an HVAC unit and burned part of

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