Arson leads to evacuation of Mayfair apartment building – woman arrested: C25-299647

Released: December 13, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

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On December 12, 2025, shortly before 6:00 a.m., West District General Patrol officers responded to an apartment building in the 1-99 block of Mayfair Place for the report of a fight and a fire in a suite.

Responding officers learned that one of the residents had pulled a fire alarm after setting a mattress on fire within her suite. Residents of the building were required to temporarily evacuate as a result of the fire. Officers located a 31-year-old woman believed to have the started the fire nearby and arrested her without incident. No major injuries were reported.

The Major Crimes Unit assumed the investigation and learned the woman had deliberately set the fire following a dispute with family members.

She faces charges of Arson with Disregard to Human Life and Arson Causing Damage to Property.  

She was released on an Undertaking to appear in court at a later date.

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