Criminal Law
The University of Kentucky’s Football Win Leads to Arson and Arrest
Fan celebrations following the University of Kentucky’s victory over the University of Florida in Saturday’s football game resulted in several fires and at least one arrest, according to Lexington officials.
The Lexington Fire Department responded Saturday night to at least five incidents stemming from fan celebrations on State and Crescent Streets, just west of the University of Kentucky campus, Battalion Chief Jordan Sass, a department spokesperson, told CNN.
A couch and trash were set on fire and at least two people were injured, he said, adding neither was life-threatening. Several of the department’s fire trucks were struck with debris as firefighters were among the crowds extinguishing the fires, Sass said.
