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UPDATE: Homeless woman charged with arson in camper fire

Update 07-19-2016: Idaho Falls Police have arrested a31-year-old Jenna N. Holm for third-degree arson for setting fire to a trailer early Monday morning.

Holm, who is homeless, was booked into the Bonneville County Jail Monday afternoon.

According to reports, firefighters responded to the 1100 block of Irving around 12:30 a.m. for a structure fire. The fire burned a 5th?wheel trailer and caused damage to a garage and several vehicles. The estimated damage is approximately $100,000.

Following an investigation into the fire, police detectives and fire investigators determined the fire started after Holm poured lighter fluid in a plastic container filled with clothes and lit it on fire inside the trailer.

Holm had been living in the trailer at the time of the fire.

Original story: An early morning fire caused about $100,000 damage to a fifth wheel camper in Idaho Falls.

Idaho Falls firefighters were called to 1140 Irving Street at 12:30 a.m. Monday. A fire had engulfed a 5th wheel camper attached to a truck. The fire was near a garage, but firefighters put out the fire before it reached the home.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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