October 2, 1998

Fatal Fire at Murray State U. Is Called Arson

One student was killed and five others were hospitalized after a fire, which state police say was caused by arson, swept through the fourth floor of a dormitory at Murray State University last month. It was the second fire that week on the fourth floor of that building.

Michael H. Minger, a sophomore, died in the fire, which took place in Hester Hall at about 2:30 a.m. Students who escaped huddled outside the building, after

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