Former Amazon employee charged with arson after fire at local facility

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VANDALIA — A man has been charged in connection to a fire at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Montgomery County on June 1.

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Samuel Rubibi, 25, of Dayton, is facing one count of aggravated arson, according to Union Police Department Chief Mike Blackwell.

The fire occurred just after 10 p.m. on June 1 at the facility on Union Airpark Boulevard.

News Center 7 crews on scene learned that the fire was located on the fifth floor.

The facility was closed for two days, News Center 7 previously reported.

Rubibi is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

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Jail records indicate he was arrested on June 6 at the facility.

Rubibi was an Amazon employee, a spokesperson from the company confirmed. As of Monday, he is no longer employed there.

Additional information was not immediately available.

We will continue to follow this story.