70-year-old Connecticut woman arrested for arson after apartment fire

A 70-year-old Connecticut pistillate was arrested for arson Friday aft an early-morning occurrence landed an 89-year-old successful the infirmary and displaced much than a twelve people, constabulary and occurrence officials said.

First responders were called astir 3:30 a.m. to Woodside Village, a two-story flat gathering successful Bloomfield, the Trumbull Times reported. When they arrived connected the scene, they were met with a heavy occurrence that was rapidly spreading from the backmost of the residence to the 2nd floor.

Fire Marshal Roger Nelson said radical were already hurrying retired of the burning gathering by the clip archetypal responders made it to the scene. He added that constabulary rapidly worked to evacuate those inactive wrong portion firefighters battled backmost the blaze.

As officers helped a 70-year-old pistillate flight the building, she allegedly admitted to mounting the fire. She was taken into custody connected the country and charged with first-degree arson. Her enslaved was acceptable astatine $500,000, NBC Connecticut reported.

The fishy was later identified arsenic Maria Salas, though her motive remains unclear. Police did not supply further details astir the transgression facet of the fire.

It took astir a fractional hr to incorporate the flames, Nelson said. Once they were afloat out, the gathering — made up of 16 units — was deemed uninhabitable. Nelson said 2 apartments were near charred, portion the remainder sustained fume damage.

“The full gathering is displaced for now,” Nelson told the Trumbull Times, adding that astir of the residents were older than 60 years old. “We’ll get them backmost successful arsenic speedy arsenic possible.”

One resident, an 89-year-old woman, was taken to the infirmary for fume inhalation, Nelson said.

Bloomfield Social Services and the Red Cross are moving unneurotic to assistance the displaced residents.