‘Bored’ Texas Firefighter Charged with Arson in Firehouse

MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (CBS 7) – According to Midland County Sheriff’s Office, the Midland County Fire Marshal’s Office, the City of Midland Fire Department Fire Marshal’s Office and the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office completed multiple arson investigations covering several months in the City of Midland and Midland County with the arrest of Volunteer Fire Fighter, 24-year-old Alan Alton Self.

They say he admitted to starting fires which consumed or caused damage to the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Station on two occasions, an 18-wheeler water truck inside the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Station, a trailer home on ECR 140, an abandoned home on ECR 140, the Valley View Baptist Church and three wooden pallet fires inside the City of Midland.

 

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