Employee charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to Louisville nursing home

A fire at a Middletown nursing home was intentionally started, according to the Louisville Fire Department. Around 5 p.m. Thursday, the Anchorage Middletown Fire Department requested the Louisville Metro Arson Bureau to respond to the scene of a fire at 300 Shelby Station Drive, the Valhalla Post Acute nursing home. “We immediately called it an arson,” said AMFD spokesperson Jordan Yuodis. “Once the arson happened, they determined who this individual was.” They said a facility employee, Justin Campisano, 40, started the fire in one of the nursing home’s rooms. He allegedly said, “I’m going to get this old (expletive) out of here,” referring to the occupant of the room. They said the person living in the room was not there when the fire was started, having left about 45 minutes earlier. .Daniel Fisher said he was that occupant. Fisher said he was frightened by the news. “Right now, to be honest, my mind is going a thousand miles an hour, and I’m really shaken,” he said. room at the time of the fire. The fire caused minor damage. Campisano was arrested and charged with first-degree arson. “Any firefighter would tell you that arson is one of the most heinous, deadly and serious crimes a person can commit,” Yuodis said. “Any time someone does something like that, it’s frustrating.” This charge is a felony punishable by 20 to 50 years in prison if a person is convicted. His hearing is scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

A fire at a Middletown nursing home was intentionally started, according to the Louisville Fire Department.

On Thursday, around 5 p.m., Anchorage Middletown firefighters requested the Louisville Metro Arson Bureau to respond to the scene of a fire at 300 Shelby Station Drive, the Valhalla Post Acute Nursing Home.

“We immediately declared arson,” said Jordan Yuodis, AMFD spokesperson. “Once the arson happened, they determined who this individual was.”

They said a facility employee, Justin Campisano, 40, started the fire in one of the nursing home’s rooms.

He allegedly said, “I’m going to get this old (expletive) out of here,” referring to the occupant of the room.

They said the person living in the room was not there when the fire broke out, having left about 45 minutes earlier.

Daniel Fisher said he was that occupant. Fisher said he was frightened by the news.

“Right now my mind is going a thousand miles an hour, to be honest, and I’m really shaken,” he said.

Police said Campisano could be seen on video footage leaving the room at the time of the fire.

The fire caused minor damage.

Campisano was arrested and charged with first-degree arson.

“Any firefighter would tell you that arson is one of the most heinous, deadly and serious crimes a person can commit,” Yuodis said. “Any time someone does something like that, it’s frustrating.”

This charge is a felony punishable by 20 to 50 years in prison if a person is convicted.

He has a hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday.