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Officials: Woman who set fire watched it burn from chair
May 3, 2021
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ELKTON, Md. (AP) A Maryland woman charged with setting fire to her home with a person inside is accused of watching it burn from a chair on the front lawn before leaving, authorities say.
The Delaware News Journal reports that witnesses heard a screaming female in the basement of the burning home in Elkton, Maryland, and helped her out of the house.
Gail Metwally, 47, was arrested near the scene on arson and attempted murder charges, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office.
Metwally was one of four residents of the home, and two of them were not home when the fire broke out on Thursday, fire officials said.
Woman Sets House on Fire, Watches in Lawn Chair During Domestic Dispute
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A Maryland woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder and arson after setting fire to a home she was living in during a domestic dispute.
Gail Metwally was seen arguing with a man in a video taken by bystanders after her clothes were thrown outside. From there, Metwally was seen lighting a trash can on fire in the house and sitting in a lawn chair as the house went up in flames. The people videotaping the incident can be heard trying to figure out the address to call the fire department, which showed up when the house was completely engulfed in flames. The bystanders also helped rescue a woman trapped in the basement screaming for help.