Bizarre series of events with an arson fire, person detained, and then released

A fire is out and no one was injured following a bizarre situation late Tuesday morning in the north end of Jasper. Firefighters at the scene said it appeared that someone had poured gasoline on the yard and on the porch of a house at 1952 North Bowie Street and then lit it on fire. The Jasper Fire Department was dispatched out shortly before 10:00 and arrived a few minutes later along with Jasper Police to find an unidentified man with a garden hose fighting the fire. Shortly after arrival, Jasper police officer Robert Twine and Precinct 2 Constable Niles Nichols put handcuffs on the man. Nichols said that he was being arrested for a warrant. However, a short time later they released the man and said that he had been mistaken for someone else. Meanwhile, who set the fire is not known as the investigation continues.