DETROIT (AP) — A 45-year-old Detroit woman has been burned
severely over at least half her body after gasoline was poured on her
and set afire during an argument with a boyfriend.
Detroit Fire
Arson Chief Charles Simms tells the Detroit Free Press the woman was in
critical condition Friday with second- and third-degree burns to her
torso, arms, neck and face.
Simms tells The Detroit News that the woman is on a ventilator.
Her
59-year-old boyfriend was arrested after the 2 a.m. assault in an
apartment on Detroit’s east side. Authorities were expected to seek
charges Friday.
Simms said the woman left the argument, was followed and was set on fire when she went into another
apartment.