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Cedar City man accused of setting fire while woman, children were inside

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County Today A Cedar City man was arrested Monday night after police say he poured gasoline onto the porch of his former girlfriend's trailer and set it on fire while the woman and her two children were inside. Joseph Miguel Torres, 27, was booked into the Iron County Jail on suspicion of first-degree felony aggravated arson.

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