Charging documents have revealed the moments before and after a fire destroyed the Press Bar and Parlor in downtown St. Cloud early on the morning of Feb. 17, with the bar's owner, Andrew Welsh, 40, of nearby Sauk Rapids, facing two counts of felony arson.
According to a criminal complaint, Welsh was the last person to leave the bar at 2:11 a.m. Eighteen minutes later, at 2:29 a.m., city surveillance showed smoke coming from the establishment. Six minutes later the smoke coming from the building was significant, and four minutes after that the fire alarms inside the neighboring Cowboy Jacks were going off.