A Kentucky woman has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting her sister’s mattress on fire while she slept.

Addison Brown, 22, was first accused of intentionally starting the blaze at her sister’s Louisville duplex on June 1, according to police.

Police say Ms Brown’s sister managed to wake up as the bed she was sleeping in erupted in flames.

She told arson investigators that she immediately rolled out and used a pillow to put out the fire.

By the time emergency services arrived, the flames had been extinguished, but Ms Brown had allegedly already fled the scene.

Four other people, including a minor, were reportedly inside the building during the fire.

According to detectives, Ms Brown admitted in messages to several people, including her sister, that

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