West Vancouver police have arrested a woman they allege is responsible for torching her own home while it was under renovation.
West Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services raced to the home at 2690 Chelsea Ct. on Dec. 27, 2013, after reports of flames coming from the garage of a three-storey house - the third fire at the home in recent years.
The house was empty at the time of the blaze but two floors were heavily damaged.
The last time the residence suffered fire damage was in September 2012 when it was narrowly saved by a burst water pipe.
The cause of that fire went down as unknown.
A joint investigation by West Vancouver Police and West Vancouver Fire and Rescue determined the most recent fire was deliberately set and not random, according to a West Vancouver police press release.
Police have not released any details about a possible motive, saying that remains part of the investigation.
Officers arrested the woman on Feb. 6. She has since been charged with arson causing damage to her own property. Court documents identify the accused as 59-year-old Mahnaz Jahromi.
Jahromi has been released on promise to appear at North Vancouver provincial court on Feb. 26. While on bail, Jahromi has been ordered to surrender her passport and stay in the country.
