SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Webster County woman has been accused of trying to start a fire at a Springfield hospital in 2023.
According to online court dockets filed on Monday, March 16, Diane Vinson, born in 1985, of Fordland, has been charged with felonies of first-degree attempted arson and knowingly burning or exploding in Greene County Circuit Court.
The probable cause statement says the Springfield Fire Department (SFD) responded to an emergency room around 4:06 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2023, where staff reported that a patient had started a fire…