A 38-year-old woman is appearing before Birmingham Magistrates' Court today charged with arson with recklessness endangering life following a house fire where four children were present. Safoora Bi faces the charge after the incident on Deykin Avenue in Witton on Monday, November 17.
Emergency services rushed to the property shortly after 4 pm on Monday. Fire crews received the first call at 4:05 pm, with police arriving just before 5 pm.
Four children - a girl and three boys - were in the house at the time of the fire. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: «We were called to reports of a property fire on Deykin Avenue in Witton at 5.04pm on Monday. We sent an ambulance to the scene. Four children – a girl and three boys - were assessed by ambulance staff. But they did not require further treatment and so were discharged at the scene.»
The Charge
A West Midlands Police spokesperson confirmed the arrest and charge: «A woman has been charged with arson following a fire at a house in Birmingham. We were called alongside emergency service colleagues to the address on Deykin Avenue just before 5pm on Monday (November 17). Four children were at the address and thankfully weren't injured.»
The spokesperson added: «Safoora Bi, aged 38, of Deykin Avenue, was arrested and is due at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning charged with arson with recklessness to endanger life.»
Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them on 101, quoting log 3176 of 17 November.
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