In fact he had 2 dogs and 3 cats that all burned in the fire. He burned the place down because he was upset that there was no prejudice in his town for him to campaign against, and that his local pride parade hadn't received more /protests/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcB6F4d_w30
If there's nobody to campaign against, you can't get your social approval and attention driven serotonin-hit.