Gas thrown in Whitehorse apartment window and set on fire, woman facing charges

A 37-year-old woman has been charged with arson after a Whitehorseapartment building was set on fire Wednesday.

RCMP and the Whitehorse Fire Department were called to the fire on Lewes Boulevard around 2:45 p.m., according to anRCMPnews release.

Police say once they arrived,three residents of the apartment unit reported that a woman had thrown gasoline through an open window while they wereinside, and then set the gasoline on fire.

RCMP say they were told that the woman, who was known to the victims, then fled the scene.

Police say there was damage to the window frame and a significant amount of gasoline on the kitchen floor.

The fire had been extinguished by the residents before police arrived.

RCMP arrested the woman twohours later.

Danielle Hodgson is now facing charges for arson and two counts of failure to comply with a probation order.

She's scheduled to appear in Whitehorse Territorial Court on Thursday.