Sferlazza fire

Police and fire investigators comb a property on the 7100 block of Wertzville Road, Silver Spring Twp., where a man suffered burns after a woman allegedly tried to set him on fire during a domestic dispute.

(Charlie Thompson )

The woman accused of setting a man on fire and then fleeing in his van was arrested by Harrisburg police Saturday night.

Christina Leach, 27, was arrested at 9:30 p.m. on the 1000 block of Mulberry Street, said police Sgt. Gabriel Olivera in an email.

Christina Leach, 27

Earlier in the day, Leach offered to give a man a massage at a home on the 7100 block of Wertzville Road, said Silver Spring Township police Sgt. Leroy Hippensteel at a news conference. Leach then tied the man to a bed, poured a "flammable substance" on his upper body then set him on fire, he said.

The burn victim, who police did not identify, freed himself and escaped out of a second story window, Hippensteel said. He drove to a nearby Turkey Hill and called police. He was airlifted to a hospital in Lehigh, where his condition is unknown.

Leach was arrested by police in the white work van that was reported stolen from the man's home, Olivera said.

Leach is charged with one count each of aggravated assault, arson and theft in Cumberland County, online court records show.

Hippensteel said in an email that Leach also faces charges in Dauphin County and is being held at the Dauphin County Prison.