Jun 2, 2010 By Josh Krysak 2 min read

A Uniontown man accused of setting fire to an apartment building last month will face trial on arson and related charges. Uniontown police Officer Chuck David said Mark Ryan Meegan, 26, was charged in May with four separate felony counts of arson as well as a felony count of risking a catastrophe.

Magisterial District Judge Michael M. Metros held all charges against Meegan for court following a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

David said that the arson charges were filed against Meegan after police responded to a fire call at Apartment 4, 43 Searight Ave., at 10:38 a.m. April 18.

David said he could see smoke coming from the west side of the building when he arrived.

He said that Meegan yelled to him from the door of the building and told him that the fire had been extinguished and admitted that he had been burning the coating from copper wire, David said.

David and firefighters entered the building and found that Meegan had been burning wire in a pot on the roof of the apartment outside of his kitchen window.

David said that firefighters extinguished the fire and removed the pot from the residence.

He noted that just a few feet away from the burning wire, Meegan had a 100-pound propane tank and two 20-pound propane tanks.

“They were only several feet from where Meegan was burning, causing a danger to police and fire personnel as well as others in the area,” David said.

Meegan remains in the Fayette County Prison on $25,000 straight cash bond.