The Texas woman was arrested after she allegedly set a fire that destroyed at least four mobile homes and took the lives of a man and three dogs — with witnesses claiming she sat down in a chair and watched it burn.
A woman in Dallas has been charged with arson after she allegedly admitted to setting fire to a home because she was denied entry to use the bathroom.
Mirsa Lopez, 37, was arrested on October 12 by Dallas Police, according to local NBC affiliate KXAS , and subsequently charged with arson with intent to damage habitat, per Dallas County jail records . The fire destroyed at least four mobile homes and took the lives of a man and three dogs.
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According to an arrest warrant affidavit, obtained by KDFW and KXAS, Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a fire at a mobile home park in Northwest Dallas early Saturday morning.
Authorities said that Lopez started the fire after one of the homeowners, whom she allegedly was in a relationship with and identified as Gary Fischer, refused her entry into his mobile home. Per KDFW, Lopez admitted to a neighbor that she started the fire after Fischer would not let her come inside his home to use the restroom, and she got upset. She also reportedly confessed this to police.