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OGDEN — Police have arrested a woman who they say purposely started a fire at an apartment building that hospitalized two people and forced evacuations of 18 units.
Kristilynn Thompson, 56, was booked into Weber County Jail late Tuesday for investigation of aggravated arson. She told officers that the man she is living with locked her out and she lit a blanket on fire through the window, igniting a sofa, according to a probable cause statement.
Firefighters pulled the man from the apartment and was transported to the hospital in critical condition, officers wrote in the statement.
Susan Thomas, a neighbor, said she heard a scratching noise outside her door and saw the woman start the fire on a plant and chairs.
"She was yelling, screaming she's going to mess people up," Thomas said.
Damage is estimated at $120,000, the Ogden Fire Department said on Twitter.
Six units were affected, the department said, but it did not specify the extent of the damage. Details were not available about the other person who was hospitalized.
Seventeen firefighters from Ogden and Roy battled the blaze at 2638 Adams Ave. on Tuesday from about 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Crews remained later in the afternoon to clean up.
The Utah Red Cross, which was providing supplies to those displaced, said 18 apartments were without power Tuesday afternoon due to the fire.
Thompson also was booked for investigation of having drug paraphernalia, according to the probable cause statement.
