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Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire
Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire A 29-year-old Bound Brook man was indicted on several charges stemming from a seven-alarm fire that tore through the borough in January, authorities said Thursday.  Juan Hector Padilla was indicted on charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree aggravated arson, third-degree aggravated assault for injury to a firefighter and third-degree hindering apprehension of oneself, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said alongside county and local officials. Thirty-six fire companies from four counties responded to the Meridia II on East Main Street and Mountain Avenue aro…