Dallas police arrested a woman early Friday morning for stabbing a firehose while Dallas firefighters were responding to a house fire, according to Dallas Fire officials.
The blaze started just before 1 a.m. at a house on Prosperity Ave. in South Dallas. Investigators determined that someone used an unknown heat source to ignite combustibles in a corner room in the front of the house. The fire was declared extinguished at 1:35 a.m. according to officials.
While Dallas Fire Rescue (DFR) was extinguishing the fire, Jermecia Denise Murphy, a 37-year-old woman from Dallas, allegedly took a knife to one of the fire hoses in an attempt to prevent their efforts.
Murphy is also believed to have started the fire, according to multiple people on scene who witnessed her admitting to setting the fire as she stabbed the firehose.
Murphy was placed under arrest at the scene and charged with criminal mischief. A charge of first-degree Arson will be added to that according to DFR.