Student charged with dorm arson

BURLINGTON — A University of Vermont student has been charged with starting a fire in a dormitory hallway over the weekend.
UVM police said 20-year-old Stanislas Stantchev was arrested Saturday.
Police and firefighters responded to a fire alarm in Wills Hall around 6:20 a.m. Friday. Police say about 120 students and staff had to be evacuated. Firefighters quickly put out the fire.
Stantchev was jailed at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington.

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