NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Arson charges have been filed against a man detectives say started a fire at a vacant building near Newark Penn Station that disrupted train service last weekend.
Police say 24-year-old Luis Rodriguez-Cruz set the fire Saturday morning in the building at Garden Street and New Jersey Railroad Avenue.
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It caused the temporary suspension of the Northeast Corridor, New Jersey Coast, and Raritan Valley lines in both directions.
Three firefighters suffered minor injuries.
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Rodriguez-Cruz is also charged in a burglary that happened later the same day.
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