Man seen in handcuffs after fire at The Wilde Collection...

Exclusive video shared with Chron.com shows a man in handcuffs as firefighters battle flames at famed Houston oddities shop The Wilde Collection on Friday.

The fire started around 2 p.m. at the shop in the 1400 block of Yale Street. Photos shared with Chron.com show flames shooting from the building and smoke pouring into the sky as Houston firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control.

Video shared by Joseph Acosta shows a man dressed in all black being escorted to a police cruiser in handcuffs. The video comes to light after someone identified as Jonathan Jindra on Twitter tweeted an ominous message at 12:30 a.m. Friday.

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“The Wilde Collection is dead,” the tweet read, nearly 14 hours before the fire started. “By my own hand and wrath I say this.”

The tweet was still live as of 3:45 p.m.

Officers were summoned to an “arson in progress” call at The Wilde Collection as the fire started, according to Houston Police Department spokesperson John Cannon. A crowd of people were reportedly holding a suspected firebug down until police arrived, a 911 caller told police.

That man was quickly detained, although his involvement in the fire has yet to be confirmed. Houston Fire Department spokesperson Abby Ramos did not have any information on a suspect but did say that HFD arson investigators are on scene working to determine what happened.

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Acosta was driving south on Yale Street when he spotted smoke a few blocks down. Curious, he drove toward the smoke cloud and saw flames on the building and a crowd holding a man down.

“We saw the whole building on fire,” Acosta said.

The shop, which opened four years ago, houses oddities, curiosities, taxidermy and Gothic decor collected and curated by owners Lawyer Douglas and Tyler Zottarelle.

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