HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A licensed vocational nurse has been arrested and accused of starting a fatal office fire for fear of being dismissed over a late audit.
The March 28 fire spread throughout the fifth floor of a six-story building, killing three people and injuring six others.
Authorities allege that Misty Ann Weaver, 34, started the fire because she had neglected to finish an accreditation audit that was due to her boss, a plastic surgeon.
"She was fearful of being discharged by the doctor," Fire Department investigator James Snowden said. "Therefore, she figured that by starting a small fire, it would more or less postpone the audit information."
Weaver is charged with three counts of felony murder and one count of first-degree arson.
Investigators did not say how the fire was started.
Three firefighters were among the injured.
Weaver, arrested late Saturday, remained in jail Sunday in lieu of $330,000 bail, said Harris County Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. John Martin.
Weaver was scheduled to make her first court appearance Tuesday.
Martin said Weaver did not appear to have an attorney to speak for her.
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