The Fort Payne Police Department has charged a man with arson after a house fire. Allen Tyrone Bailey, 45, of Fort Payne was arrested May 9 for first-degree arson, according to the police department. The department said it and the fire department responded April 8 to a fire in the back porch area of a home in the 1000 block of Godfrey Avenue S. An investigation followed, and Bailey was identified as a suspect. Police said Bailey was in the DeKalb County Detention Center on unrelated charges when he was charged in the arson. Bond was set at $200,000, and the investigation is ongoing.