Woman Charged With Arson…Home Destroyed In Kingsport

In an update to a story we told you about last Friday, following an investigation into a house fire on Dorothy Street Friday morning just after midnight, the state Fire Marshall’s Office has charged a 39 year old woman with setting the blaze. Misty Bishop told a fire inspector that she started the fire just after midnight by lighting a pillow and throwing it inside the home which had been soaked with kerosene. The home was vacant at the time of the blaze which totally destroyed the home, estimated damages were said to be nearly 50 thousand dollars.