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State Police: New Hampshire woman starts vehicle fire that spread to home

The fire spread to a nearby home where a family of four were asleep inside.

State Police: New Hampshire woman starts vehicle fire that spread to home

The fire spread to a nearby home where a family of four were asleep inside.

WHEN IT IS PUT UP FOR A VOTE. IN THE NEWSROOM CS NBC5. A NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY SHE'S RESPONISBLE FOR TORCHING A CAR IN A CONCORD NEIGHBORHOOD. ON TUESDAY... INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL THAT A WOMAN BROKE A WINDOW INTO A HOME. SOON AFTER-- A SECOND CALL CAME IN. THIS TIME....A VEHICLE PARKED AT A NEIGHBORING HOME...WENT UP IN FLAMES. THE FIRE HAD SPREAD TO TWO OTHER CARS, A CAMPER AND A HOME. A FAMILY WAS SLEEPING INSIDE..BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. VERMONT STATE POLICE ARE NOW POINTING TO 33- YEAR-OLD NIKKI LUCAS.... SAYING SHE'S BEHIND ALL OF
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State Police: New Hampshire woman starts vehicle fire that spread to home

The fire spread to a nearby home where a family of four were asleep inside.

A New Hampshire woman was arrested in Concord, Vermont, on Monday after she started a car fire that eventually spread to a home where a family of four was asleep inside.Vermont State Police said Nikki Lucas, 33, of Lyman, New Hampshire, lit a vehicle on fire at a residence on Leonard Hill Road around 11:30 p.m. The fire then spread to two other vehicles, a camper and a home where four adults were sleeping.Investigators said Lucas also threw a large rock through the window of a neighboring home. The Concord Fire Department was able to put out the fire, and no injuries were reported. Lucas was arrested and transported to the nearby St. Johnsbury State Police Barracks for processing.

A New Hampshire woman was arrested in Concord, Vermont, on Monday after she started a car fire that eventually spread to a home where a family of four was asleep inside.

Vermont State Police said Nikki Lucas, 33, of Lyman, New Hampshire, lit a vehicle on fire at a residence on Leonard Hill Road around 11:30 p.m. The fire then spread to two other vehicles, a camper and a home where four adults were sleeping.

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Investigators said Lucas also threw a large rock through the window of a neighboring home.

The Concord Fire Department was able to put out the fire, and no injuries were reported.

Lucas was arrested and transported to the nearby St. Johnsbury State Police Barracks for processing.