Woman charged with starting home fire on Mask Road

Woman charged with

starting home fire on Mask Road

Authorities

have arrested a suspect for allegedly setting fire to a home on Mask Road

over a week ago.

Barbara Jane

Taylor, 56, is charged with arson and burglary relating to a fire that

was discovered at 170 Mask Road Saturday, Feb. 10, according to Capt.

Pete Nelms of the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

The fire, which

took three hours to contain, caused an estimated $180,000 in damage between

the structure and contents.

Evidence at

the scene led investigators to believe the fire was intentionally set,

Nelms said. The fire was originally called in at 9:48 p.m. and it took

crews just six minutes to arrive on the scene.

Once they arrived,

the structure was already well involved in fire, Nelms said.

The owner of

the home, Alice Seccuro, was not at home at the time and is not a suspect,

Nelms added.

The investigation

was a joint effort between the FCDFES and the Fayette County Sheriff's

Department.

John Munford