MPD arrests woman after wooden pallets started on fire

  • Location

    600 block E. Washington Ave.
    Madison, WI 53703
  • Incident Date

  • Incident Type

    Damaged Property
  • Case ID

    2026-097055

43.0791094, -89.3786006

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Incident Details

Officers were approached by people who shared a stranger had just confessed to starting a fire.

Officers located a large pile of pallets on fire outside a building along the 600 block of E. Washington Ave. around 11:25 p.m. Thursday. People were inside the building at the time this incident occurred. 

Officers are reviewing digital evidence in this case.

The woman was taken to the Dane County Jail on arson to an occupied dwelling, disorderly conduct and bail jumping charges. 

The incident is under investigation.

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