MIAMI (WSVN) - Police have arrested a woman accused of setting an apartment on fire in Miami.
Tamika Amanda Dorsett appeared in court Tuesday. She faces charges of first-degree arson, child abuse and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Investigators said the suspect allegedly started a fire at a building located between Northwest 65th Street and Third Avenue, Monday morning.
Authorities said she poured lighter fluid inside the unit while three others, including a child, were inside.
One person has since been displaced.
American Red Cross volunteers stepped in to help the person impacted.
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