Crews on the 2600 block of Aspen Ct. in White Bear Lake on Sunday, May 14, 2023. MN CRIME PHOTO

45-year-old Christian Thomas Dahm, of White Bear Lake is charged with one felony count of negligent fires causing great bodily harm. The charge carries a possible sentence of up to five years in prison. 

The criminal complaint states that firefighters were called to the residence on Aspen Court around 11:38 p.m. Saturday, May 13, with multiple callers reporting a house fire and items possibly exploding inside. An officer arrived and found the home fully engulfed in fire and was spreading to neighboring units. Dahm’s father was outside and pointed officers to his son’s direction saying, “He’s over there. He started the fire,” the documents allege.