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PICTURES ON HER PHONE -- YEAH, IT'S JUST KIND OF SURREAL, SURREAL TO SEE INCITES A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEELINGS -- EMOTIONS PLATTSBURGH'S LYNDSEY TOLMAN SAYS SHE'S STILL WORKING THROUGH. IM JUST THANKFUL NO ONE GOT HURT. IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS TANK FIRE FROM A TORCHED COUCH... SPREAD TO HER CAR -- PARKED NEARBY. LYNDSEY TOLMAN, CAR TOTALED IN DOWNTOWN FIRE: ITS BEEN DIFFICULT COPING WITH THE EVENT HAPPENING AND HOW MUCH ITS PERSONALLY AFFECTED ME PLATTSBURGH POLICE SAY THESE TWO MEN -- 26-YEAR-OLD DILLON WOOD AND 29-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN LA-MERE INTENTIONALLY LIT A COUCH ON FIRE DOWNTOWN IN EARLY MARCH. KIROY: WE WENT THRU HOURS OF VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEABY CAPTURED THE FIRE ON VIDEO TOO. TOLMAN SAYS SHE REMEMBERS WAKING UP TO THE SMELL. 5320 LYNDESY: I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO A LOT OF NOISE AND LIGHTS AND THE SMELL I WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND I LOOKED AT THE LICENSE PLATE TO MAKE SURE THIS WASN'T A BAD DREAM SHE SAYS SHE RUSHED BACK UP TO LET OTHERS INSIDE KNOW THEY HAD TO GET OUT. ASIDE FROM THE LIGHTS AND THE SMELL, I JUST REMEMBER HEARING GET BACK IT MIGHT EXPLODE WOOD AND LAMERE ARE NOW FACING TWO FELONY ARSON CHARGES.. AND AN ADDITIONAL MISDEAMONOR. TOLMAN -- WHO IS TEMPORARILY BORROWING A CAR FROM A FAMILY MEMBER -- SAYS SHE FEELS FOR THEM BOTH. ITS TOUGH BUT DIFFICULT THINGS HAPPEN TO EVERYONE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY OUR BEST TO COPE WITH IT AND MOVE FORWARD TOLMAN SAYS THE EXPERIENCE HAS REALLY SHAKEN HER BUT SHE'S STARTING TO FEEL BETTER. WHAT'S DIFFICULT IS -- YOU CAN SEE HERE -- THE FIRE BURNED THE SIDEWALK. SHE SAYS IT'S DIFFICULT TO WALK BY EVERY DAY. IN PLATTS, LAD, NBC5 NEWS. OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS LIKELY SKY LANTERNS T

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Two men are facing arson charges, accused of lighting a couch on fire earlier this month in downtown Plattsburgh. Police said Dillon Wood, 26, and Dustin Lamere, 29, both of Plattsburgh, were arrested Monday afternoon.They were arraigned in Plattsburgh City Court on three counts each and booked into the Clinton County Jail before being released on $2,000 cash bail.The burning couch badly damaged a nearby car. "I woke up in the middle of the night to a lot of noise and lights and the smell," the owner of the car, Lyndsey Tolman, said. "I went down the stairs of my apartment building and I automatically looked at the license plate just to kind of make sure that this wasn't just a bad dream."Tolman said the car is totaled. She is currently borrowing one from a family member. "It's tough, but difficult things happen to everyone at different times," she said. "All we can do is try our best to cope with it and move forward." The fire on Clinton Street also damaged an apartment door, cracked windows and left ashes on the sidewalk and street.Detectives said several downtown business owners, their employees and residents were able to identify the suspects."The success of this investigation was directly related to the cooperation we got from the public and businesses downtown," Capt. Brad Kiroy said. "There are people watching and people are doing the right thing and letting us know and getting us information when they can. It's certainly helpful."Investigators have not said why the men allegedly started the fire.