Woman, 21, arrested in fire that kills family dog

BREMERTON – Bremerton police have arrested a 21-year-old woman accused of setting fire to a house on early Thanksgiving Day.

Police Chief Steven Strachan said in a news release Friday that detectives believe the woman had been drinking, damaged a couch with a knife and then used a propane torch, which set the couch on fire.

Police said she wasn’t able to control the fire as it spread. A family dog died in the blaze, and the home was destroyed.

The woman was jailed for investigation of second-degree arson. She posted $100,000 bail and is to appear Monday in Kitsap County Superior Court.

Bremerton officers and firefighters found the woman outside of the burning house around 3 a.m. Thursday, blackened with soot. She was later treated for smoke inhalation at a hospital.

The fire spread to a neighboring house, and officers helped four people out of that home.