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Nikia Rivera, age 45, was arrested and charged with arson of a dwelling in connection with the fire that happened at 74 Mora Street in Dorchester on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
When authorities responded to the fire around 11:20 in the morning, a witness told officers that Rivera said she "had to do it" before running away, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports.
"That house is haunted. I lit the house on fire.” Rivera later told booking officers, the office said. “The devil made me do it, there are ghosts in my house.”
At least two residents were treated for injuries resulting from the fire, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Rivera was ordered to be sent to a DMH facility in Worcester for evaluation after she was arraigned in Dorchester Municipal Court, the office continued.
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