An 18-year-old in Manhattan is facing arson charges, accused of lighting a fire in a subway car near a sleeping homeless man who suffered critical burn injuries.
At 3:03 a.m. Monday, suspect Hiram Carrero entered a northbound train at the 34th Street-Penn Station subway stop, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Friday. Prosecutors allege that Mr. Carrero found a piece of paper on the floor of the subway car, lit it on fire near a sleeping person, then quickly got out of the train just before the doors closed.
As the train traveled northward, the fire spread up the victim’s legs and a portion of the train car. The victim got off at the 42nd Street-Times Square station, still on fire, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Law enforcement at the scene put out the fire and took the victim to the hospital in critical condition…