Suspect with knife starts fire at San Francisco grocery

(07-29) 16:45 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A knife-wielding suspect started a fire at a grocery store in San Francisco's Mission District on Monday evening, authorities said.

Around 6:30 p.m., 24-year-old Shaun Lavell Jones walked into Foods Co. at 1800 Folsom St. waving a knife, police and San Francisco Fire Department dispatchers said.

Jones poured lighter fluid on the floor and several other items before igniting it, police said. She allegedly turned and left as the flames burned several cans and cardboard in the store.An employee was taken to the hospital and another was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, fire dispatchers said. Neither was seriously injured.

Firefighters had the flames out within minutes, but arson investigators stuck around until almost 11 p.m.

Store employees pointed out Jones to responding officers who arrested her on arson and burglary charges.

Store managers at Foods Co. declined to comment.