The Fort Worth Fire Department announced an arrest in a house fire that injured two first responders in September.

Fort Worth Fire says they are investigating the fire as arson.

On Wednesday night, 34-year-old Shawndreika Thomas was taken into custody in connection with the house fire.

“Every indication that we got is that she used an open flame device such as a cigarette lighter to set common combustibles on fire,” said Fort Worth Fire Arson Captain Wayne May in a press conference on Thursday.

Investigators are using witness statements and surveillance videos to determine what happened, but say the woman had no connection to the home.

On September 3, two firefighters were hospitalized after a roof collapsed while they were battling a two-alarm house fire in Fort Worth’s Historic Sout

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