Couch fire ends with house blaze

Woman allegedly sets fire to couch, destroys home

A woman allegedly used accelerant to set fire to her couch, causing a $100,000 blaze, gutting the house and causing smoke inhalation.

The blaze gutted the Craigie home and a woman was treated for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters were called to the Lotus Court unit just after 8.30pm last night.

A DFES spokesman said the fire did around $100,000 damage before it was brought under control.

Police were investigating the incident last night.