Three teens arrested for torching LDS chapel in Magna

Three teens were arrested Monday after Unified Fire Authority officials said they confessed to causing a fire at a Mormon church in Magna that morning. Public safety dispatchers said the fire call came in at 7:12 a.m. Flames and smoke were reported coming from the chapel at the church at 7525 W. 3735 South.

UFA Capt. Clint Mecham said crews had doused the blaze by 7:35 a.m.

According to Mecham, investigators looking into the blaze received a tip about the juveniles.

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