Annie Durham, 59, (pictured), was arrested by the Del City Fire investigators and charged with second-degree arson for allegedly setting fire to a neighbor's house, which was condemned
An Oklahoma woman was caught by her own surveillance camera setting her neighbor's house on fire over an apparent feud.
Annie Durham, 59, was arrested by the Del City Fire investigators and charged with second-degree arson for allegedly setting fire to the condemned property at 2317 Becker Place.
Del City Fire Department received several 911 calls at around 2.45 pm on June 10 about a house on fire in the 2000 block of Becker Place.
They observed a single-story residence with a 'significant fire' coming from the garage, according to a statement.
While questioning witnesses, they discovered that there was an ongoing conflict between neighbors of the house and another neighbor.
Investigators reportedly noticed a surveillance camera pointed directly at the area where the fire started, but it was password protected.
Durham allowed investigators access to her CCTV footage which led to them discovering she used a towel doused in lighter fluid to set the fire
Durham gave investigators consent for investigators to take her password-secured video recorder
Fire chiefs claimed she put staff in danger as a pipe ruptured and the basement flooded as they battled the sizable blaze at the house in Becker Place, Del City
They claimed that the neighbor, who turned out to be Durham, gave authorities permission to view the footage.
The surveillance footage showed Durham tossing an object lit on fire into the window at the side of the condemned home.
Del City Fire Department Chief Brandon Pursell told Oklahoma's News 4: 'She caught herself on camera setting the fire.
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Share'It's not a Molotov cocktail, but it's a stick with a rag or towel wrapped around it. It had some lighter fluid poured on it.
'We knew it was a condemned house. Things started adding up, being suspicious,' he added.
Durham had also spoken with News 4 as a witness after the fire was put out on June 10.
During the interview she claimed: 'All I know is I was in the house, and I saw smoke but I was like, 'okay, maybe everything is okay. They will put it out or whatever.'
Durham had said she lived in her home for 30 years and claimed the house was known for delinquency.
Police said the fire broke out at the single-story property and investigators discovered there was an ongoing conflict between its owner and another resident
Crews found eight feet of standing water from a previous water pipe rupture which they claimed posed a serious risk to firefighters on the scene
Durham had also spoken with News 4 as a witness after the fire was put out on June 10, and claimed she only saw smoke coming from the property
She added: 'There has been drug addicts living there, running in and out. This is the only drug house I know that has ever been," she said the day for the fire.
Fire officials said fighting the fire could have led to a fatality. During a search of the house, crews found eight feet of standing water from a previous water pipe rupture which they claimed posed a serious risk to firefighters on the scene.
Purcell added: 'It placed our firefighters at great harm. We could easily be talking about a firefighter fatality.
'We understand the neighborhood dispute, but you definitely don’t resort to fire as a means of conflict resolution.
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