Update: Woman charged with arson for allegedly setting historic Chester County home on fire, police say

  • Source: KYW-TV CBS 3 Philadelphia
  • Published: 07/25/2024 12:00 AM

A Chester County woman was charged for deliberately setting a fire at a historic Main Line home on Tuesday morning. Easttown Township Police charged Kathryn Frankel with arson, risking catastrophe and other related offenses on Wednesday after a fire broke out at a home in Berwyn at 400 Leopard Road. It's the second fire at the home since May. The cause of that earlier fire was listed as "undetermined," according to police. Authorities haven't charged Frankel in connection with that fire. On Tuesday at about 10:45 a.m., authorities said police and fire were dispatched to the house fire at the three-story, 4,506-square-foot building as smoke spread throughout the home. Before the fire, Frankel told police she was at the home with her estranged husband and public adjuster to determine what property could be salvaged following the first fire in May.



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