Woman charged with arson after mattress lit on fire inside Winnipeg apartment: police

A woman is facing arson charges after police allege she lit a mattress on fire in a Winnipeg apartment, which led the building to be evacuated.

Officers were sent to respond to a report of a fight and a fire inside an apartment suite on Mayfair Place, near River Avenue, shortly before 6 a.m. Friday, police said in a news release on Saturday.

A resident of the building pulled a fire alarm after setting a mattress on fire inside her suite, police say.

The rest of the building's residents were forced to temporarily evacuate the building.

The 31-year-old believed to have started the fire was found and arrested nearby.

No major injuries were reported.

Investigators believe the woman deliberately set the fire after a dispute with family members.

She was charged with arson with a disregard for human life, and arson causing property damage, police say.

She was released on an undertaking.