Investigators have arrested a man in connection with a fire at Gallery Furniture’s warehouse on May 21.
The fire had since been ruled as arson.
Robert Gillham, a former Gallery Furniture employee, is being charged with first-degree felony arson, according to a joint press conference Tuesday by the Houston Fire Department Fire and Arson Division and The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
“All of us are breathing easier, now that an arrest has been made,” said Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, founder of Gallery Furniture.
According to the Houston Fire Department, the Gallery Furniture fire is one of the highest-dollar-loss fires it has investigated, with an estimated loss of between $18 million and $20 million.
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