Columbia man charged with arson for setting a pile of clothes on fire after a fight: police | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Derrick Demar Mearis

A Columbia man was charged with arson and simple assault after a small fire in a Columbia house on Wednesday night. 

Police said that Derrick Demar Mearis, 30, of Columbia, lit a pile of clothes on fire with a Turbo Torch after a fight with one man and after hitting another man, who tried to stop the fight, in the head. 

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