A judge called the man accused of setting a fire that killed three Baltimore firefighters in 2022 a danger to the community and ordered him held without bail Monday.

James Barnett, 57, is facing more than 180 years in prison for second-degree arson, second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, and involuntary manslaughter charges, and had long been on the radar of police.

A judge called the man accused of setting a fire that killed three Baltimore firefighters in 2022 a danger to the community and ordered him held without bail Monday. Baltimore Police

Lt. Kelsey Sadler, Lt. Paul Butrim, and EMT/firefighter Kenny Lacayo all died in the fire when they became trapped in the vacant rowhome on Jan. 24, 2022.

Cracking the case

Investigators had Barnett on their radar for years a

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