Springfield arson damages AT&T phone lines

Springfield police are investigating an arson fire at 1360 S. Fountain Avenue.

About 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a juvenile on scene told police a man set fire to the side of a detached garage after pouring a fluid on it.

Inside the garage, which the owner says he uses as a workshop, were three damaged bicycles, power tools, hand tools and bicycle parts, according to a police report.

AT&T workers on scene say several customers in the area do not have phone service due to the fire melting copper lines.

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