A Pennsylvania woman is facing arson-related charges after she intentionally started a fire outside of a convenience store Wednesday morning, according to a story from WJAC.

Police in Brookville, Jefferson County, told the news station that officers were dispatched to the Mike’s East Side convenience store and gas station just before 4 a.m. for a report of a small fire burning outside the store.

When police arrived they saw a woman, later identified as Kennita Sones, 37, of Morrisdale, sitting in front of the store entrance with a small fire burning next to her, WJAC said.

According to a police affidavit, the flames were approximately 2 to 3 feet high, and the fire was burning a few feet away from the building as well as a kerosene pump.

Sones admitted to setting the fire, police said, saying that she was cold and homeless and “wanted a place to be,” according to WJAC.

Sones reportedly told investigators that she walked to the store from Clarion and that she had recently been released from Clearfield County Jail.

Police said she is currently being held at the Jefferson County Jail on charges of aggravated arson and risking catastrophe. Her bail, according to online court records, has been set at $60,000, WJAC said.

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