A 43-year-old woman is in the Pima County jail after being accused of setting fire to her boyfriend's mobile home.
Debra Ford was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of arson, aggravated assault and criminal damage, said Dep. Jason Ogan, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman.
The mobile home of Ford's boyfriend was destroyed by fire about 2:15 a.m. Monday, Ogan said.
Rural/Metro firefighters were unable to save the structure, which was in the 3300 block of North Chapel Avenue, near East Fort Lowell Road and North Alvernon Way.
Sheriff's investigators learned Ford and her boyfriend had gotten into an argument earlier in the night and, after Ford left the area, she called her boyfriend and threatened to burn down his mobile home, Ogan said.
When the boyfriend went outside he saw a fire had already started, but he wasn't able to put it out, Ogan said.
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The incident was one of two arsons reported overnight.
The other occurred about 4 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Brown Avenue, near North Harrison and East Wrightstown roads, said Capt. Tricia Tracy, a Tucson Fire Department spokeswoman.
The fire caused damage to the outside of the home, but did not manage to make it inside before firefighters put it out, Tracy said.
Investigators ruled the fire an arson after determining the fire started in two different places, she said.
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