House of Twitch's biggest female star catches fire in suspected arson – The Washington Post

On Friday Aug. 13, Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa spent a whopping 14 hours on camera. However, this was not the unusual part of her day; as one of the most tireless streamers on Twitch, she racks up hours with workmanlike consistency. The curveball didn’t come until later, well into the evening, when a strange gleam outside Siragusa’s window signaled that something was amiss. Upon closer inspection, the cause quickly became clear: Garbage stacked against the outside wall of her Houston, Texas, home — and precariously close to both her and her assistant’s cars — had burst into flame.Fortunately, firefighters arrived before the fire could spread enough to do serious damage, but the implications of the incident are worrying.“The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators strongly suspect arson,” Siragusa wrote on Twitter of the incident, of which The Post has viewed both a video and photos.Story continues below advertisementSiragusa is, in terms of hours watched, the most popular female streamer on Twitch. In the second quarter of 2021 alone, viewers spent nearly 13 million hours watching her — roughly double that of Siragusa’s closest competition. But notoriety and controversy often go hand in hand, and this goes…
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