An arson suspect was arrested in Alabama days after a fire at an Everett, Massachusetts, apartment complex earlier this month, officials said Monday.

The fire was reported early Sunday, Oct. 5, at The Batch Yard, a complex of more than 200 units on Charlton Street, an Everett city spokeswoman said.

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Lawrence Stockton, 27, was arrested on an arson warrant in connection with the fire in Leeds, Alabama, on Oct. 10 and returned to Massachusetts to face charges a week later, officials said.

Dozens of people and their pets had to be evacuated from the fire, which caused an estimated half-million dollars or more in damage, the officials said.

"Fires of this nature put countless lives at risk, and our priority from the ve

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