We live in a crazy time where an arson can deny he's setting light to your house as you're trying to stop him, the cops arrest you for assault, the house burns down, the judge says it's the word of an assaulter against a poor underprivileged minor with a track record of felony jogging, the insurance company won't pay out because either you set it yourself or you're not covered for arson, your wife leaves you for the cop and you're paying child support for kids you don't get to see while society calls you a deadbeat with enormous privilege who must suffer for slavery in the past. Honk

And that's getting off easy. You're better off letting the arson do his thing and going full Marvin Heemeyer on the town.