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Rocky Mount Boy Charged With Arson

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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — An 11-year-old boy is charged with setting several house fires in Rocky Mount.

Investigators said he set the fire that destroyed a house on Monday.

The next day, officers say, the boy set it on fire again along with the house next door. No one was hurt.

The 11-year-old will remain in his mother's custody until the trial.

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