LINDEN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has been charged with setting a fire at a sports bar that had two people inside.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that 57-year-old Ronnie Clark is charged with aggravated arson in the fire that damaged the Linden bar on Monday.
WTVF-TV reports that the Perry County Sheriff's Office says a man and woman were asleep inside the bar when they woke up to the smell of smoke around 4 a.m. Sheriff Nick Weems says those people "are very lucky to be alive."
Clark was arrested later Monday. A Perry County court clerk said Clark's arraignment is Thursday. Records do not show if he has a lawyer.