PONTIAC -- A 42-year-old woman was arrested Sunday after she burned her husband's clothes and caused a house fire, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's office.

Sheriff's deputies and firefighters were called to a home in the 500 block of North Saginaw Street around 2:30 p.m. for a complaint of open burning, according to the sheriff's office.

Authorities were on the scene when the woman poured fuel onto a fire where the man's clothes were burning outside the home, causing the flames to spread to the house.

Firefighters were able to douse the fire, and the woman was lodged at the Oakland County Jail pending the issuance of charges.

Detectives from the sheriff's office were investigating the incident.