A SIXTH person has been arrested over the inferno that destroyed the famous Crooked House pub.
Police today revealed a 23-year-old man had been held over the August blaze, which gutted the historic bar.
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It comes days after two people were taken into custody over the fire.
On Thursday, police revealed they have arrested a 34-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent or being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
Prior to that three men, aged 66, 33 and 51, had been arrested on suspicion of the same charge.
Cops have today revealed a sixth person had also been arrested, and released on conditional bail.
The force is still urging anyone with information to come forward as they continue to probe the blaze.
Suspicion grew as the Crooked House pub in Himley, Staffs, was burnt down just days after it was sold.
On the day of the blaze, Staffordshire and West Midlands fire services raced to the scene on Himley Road to battle the flames but could not contain the inferno.
The shell of the charred pub was reduced to rubble just 36 hours after the blaze.
It was also recently revealed the popular boozer, where coins and marbles would appear to roll uphill along the bar, was put forward for listed status protection days before it was destroyed.
It would have meant that the owners, who bought the pub only last month, would have needed council permission to knock it down.
And it has been claimed the digger that flattened the charred ruins was hired before the blaze.
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