--- title: Woman Starts Fire for Revenge on Ex-Boyfriend, Displaces 100 description: A Maryland woman is charged with starting a fire to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend, an action that resulted in $2.2 million in damage. canonical: https://time.com/5417269/woman-starts-fire-ex-boyfriend/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-05T20:52:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:10:31.000Z og:title: Woman Starts Fire at Ex-Boyfriend's Apartment Displacing 130 og:description: Hell hath no fury... og:url: https://time.com/5417269/woman-starts-fire-ex-boyfriend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaaf79ed76e0027c/69893c03457a52dda4d5f8ca/woman-sets-revenge-fire-ex-boyfriend-building.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Fire flames og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman Starts Fire at Ex-Boyfriend's Apartment Displacing 130 twitter:description: Hell hath no fury... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaaf79ed76e0027c/69893c03457a52dda4d5f8ca/woman-sets-revenge-fire-ex-boyfriend-building.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Woman Who Started Fire at Ex-Boyfriend's Home Caused Much Damage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:10 PM UTCPublished: Oct 5, 2018 8:52 PM UTC  Close up of fire flames burning cardboards at the end of the Tours Carnival, France. Close up of fire flames burning cardboards at the end of the Tours Carnival, France.Laurent Sauvel—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:10 PM UTCPublished: Oct 5, 2018 8:52 PM UTC A Maryland woman was charged with starting a fire at an apartment building in New Carrolton, MD because she was allegedly [upset with her ex-boyfriend.](http://time.com/5287962/best-breakup-songs/) According to [_NBC 4 Washington_](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Massive-New-Carrollton-Fire-Was-Started-by-Angry-Ex-Girlfriend-Fire-Officials-Say-495259311.html), Natasha Ciara Joyner, 32, is facing charges of first-degree arson, malicious burning, reckless endangerment, among other chrages because of the fire, which caused $2.2 million in damages. Although no one was injured because of the blaze, the fire displaced 132 people. [_WJLA_](https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-accused-of-starting-massive-md-apartment-fire-because-she-was-angry-with-boyfriend) reports that the fire, which took place last month, damaged four apartment buildings and 44 apartments. The fire was so intense that the Prince George’s County fire department said that their firefighters had to get water from hydrants down the street after their water supply was sapped from the hydrants near the apartment building. 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