Man Sets Home on Fire and Escapes with Scuba Gear

When times get tough, people get desperate and sink to levels unfamiliar to many, even themselves.

In Phoenix, Arizona, things got a little hotter than usual when a man was arrested for setting his house ablaze, which is (err, I mean was) valued at a “cool” $3.5 million,

The multi-million dollar house went up in flames on July 5th, and was doused by the Phoenix Fire Department, but not after significant damage (not to mention the time and effort of the fire fighters…Good thing there wasn’t a cat up in a tree at the same time!)

Athough the fire took place on July 5th, fire detectives have been investigating since and arrested the home’s owner Michael Marin Wednesday, August 19t.

Initially, the “scuba diving enthusiast” reported that he jumped ship by shimmying down a makeshift rope ladder in his scuba gear. Now, I’m no Colombo, but who the heck has time to squeeze into their wet suit while your ass is being burnt by advancing flames!?!

Not surprisingly, Marin was the only person living in the 10,000 square foot house. Unfortunatley for Marin, they don’t have cells that large downtown!

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Amy on Fri, 2nd Oct 2009 12:06 pm

I knew Michael Marin and can correct a few inaccuracies in this article. The house was purchased in Sept. 2008, with intention of a quick sale and profit. Marin was unable to sell the property. He tried to raffle it off; that did not work either. A $2.3 million balloon mortgage payment was coming due. And then the house burned down.

This is a direct excerpt of the Phoenix New Times article: [The report by fire Captain Jeff Peabody continues, "The scuba setup was in a ready state when he found it next to his portable ladder stored in his upstairs master bedroom closet. During my investigation, I discovered multiple and separate points of origin [of the fire], located both downstairs and upstairs.”]

Check out the story in the Phoenix New Times.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-08-27/news/burning-man-an-urbane-attorney-says-he-escaped-his-blazing-home-using-scuba-gear-and-now-he-s-charged-with-arson/2

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