DUNMORE, Pa. — After a string of fires in Gouldsboro, State Police have charged Michael Yzkanin with setting the fire at the former Gouldsboro Inn.
Yzkanin is facing several felonies, including arson and risking catastrophe.
According to court papers, Yzkanin lives in the same area where the fires occurred.
State police say someone came forward after seeing the surveillance video from inside the building.
Investigators say Yzkanin started the fire inside the building along Main Street just after 4 a.m. Friday.
Someone driving by called 911, and when crews got there, it was engulfed in flames.
A state police fire marshal investigated and declared it was arson, along with another fire just up the street on Wednesday morning.
State police have only charged Yzkanin with the fire at the former Gouldsboro Inn, but they are still investigating if he is connected to the other fires in Gouldsboro and possibly others in Lackawanna County.
Michael Yzkanin was arraigned virtually here at the barracks, and bail is set for $250,000.
He's now on his at the Wayne County Prison until his next court appearance.
State police are asking people who live near any of the fires to check their surveillance cameras and call with any information that could be related.
Contact The State Police in Dunmore at 570-963-3156 or Honesdale at 570-253-7126.
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