The Jersey City Police and Fire Departments worked together to arrest a 23-year-old woman for arson after a blaze broke out under a Tonnelle Avenue underpass, authorities said.
At approximately 2:39 p.m. on Sunday, the Jersey City Central Communications Bureau received a report of a fire near 276 Tonnelle Ave., according to public safety spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione.
Responding officers observed flames beneath the underpass, which members of the Jersey City Fire Department worked to contain.
According to the preliminary investigation, a 57-year-old man was sleeping in a confined area behind a guardrail when he awoke to the fire…