Meadowbrook unit blaze: Woman accused of torching man’s home in attempted murder bid after allegedly threatening him in the middle of the night
A Queensland woman has been accused of trying to kill a man she knew after allegedly setting his house on fire.
Emergency services were called to University Drive in Meadowbrook, south of Brisbane, on Saturday morning after reports of a unit fire.
The resident, a 26-year-old man, suffered burns to his hands and was treated at the scene.
A 30-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with “significant burns” and charged with attempted murder and arson late on Saturday, according to Queensland police.
A man has suffered burns to his hands after a woman allegedly set fire to his apartment in an early morning horror incident at Meadowbrook (photo stock image) in Brisbane’s south on Saturday.
“It is alleged the woman attended a home on University Drive at around 4am and threatened a man who knew her before deliberately setting fire to his unit,” a Queensland Police spokesperson said.
Police say the woman lives in Marsden, about 4 miles west of the Meadowbrook unit.
The woman remains in hospital and is expected to appear at Beenleigh Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Police (pictured) have charged the woman with attempted murder and she will appear in court on Monday