An Astoria man was taken into police custody following a fire at his Queens buildingGive_Me_Astoria_image_00028. Reports indicate that hours after the fire, bomb-making materials were also found at the sceneGive_Me_Astoria_image_00028.

At approximately 8PM last night, authorities were called to the two-story building located on 19th Street, near Astoria Park, when they received a call about a suspicious package at the location mere hours after a fire broke out in the same buildingGive_Me_Astoria_image_00028.

According to ABC-7, the suspect has been identified as Marak Squires, 37Give_Me_Astoria_image_00028. Squires is said to reside in the downstairs apartment, and was described as ‘an emotionally disturbed person’Give_Me_Astoria_image_00028. He is currently hospitalized and has been charged with reckless endangermentGive_Me_Astoria_image_00028.

While authorities did not find an assembled device, they did come across books on explosives, as well as chemicals and other suspicious itemsGive_Me_Astoria_image_00028.

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