Crime & Safety

Woman Burned In Vallejo Arson Fire Dies In Hospital

A woman hospitalized for months after suffering burns in an arson fire in Vallejo that killed a 5-year-old child has also died.

VALLEJO - A woman hospitalized for months after suffering burns in an arson fire in Vallejo that killed a 5-year-old child has also succumbed to her injuries, police said Thursday.

The fatal fire was reported at 9:54 a.m. May 22 in the 800 block of Stella Street. A 5-year-old child was found dead inside.

The child's mother, Lametricias Seilflood, was severely burned. She died Wednesday at a Sacramento hospital where she was being treated.

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Seilflood was 45.

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Police have alleged that Darrylone Shuemake, 53, set the fire intentionally. He was arrested on suspicion of murder May 25 in Richmond.

-Bay City News; embed, image via Vallejo fire