FLORIDA CITY, Fla. – A woman was arrested Tuesday after her daughter suffered burns to her body after lighting her shirt on fire.
The girl was playing with a cigarette lighter when she accidentally set her shirt on fire, Florida City police said.
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The girl was airlifted to the burn center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Her condition was not immediately known.
Police said the girl's mother, Heydi Teresa Soledad-Triminio, was taken into custody. She faces charges of child neglect resulting in great bodily harm and culpable negligence.
The Florida Department of Children and Families is investigating.
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