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A man is under police guard in hospital after claims to place his house lit in Adelaide the southern suburbs.
The 52-year-old has been charged with arson over the blaze at a complex on Stella St in Hackham West just before 4.30am on Sunday.
It took firefighters about 20 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
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The unit was destroyed, with damage estimated at around $300,000.
A neighbor, Violet, said she heard a loud explosion and rushed outside.
“I heard this great big bang and I didn’t really think anything of it, and all of a sudden I heard someone say, ‘Help me, help me,'” she said.
The 52-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Neighbors say the man usually keeps to himself, but lately they’ve heard a lot of yelling and screaming from the block at all hours of the night.
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