High School Student, 18, Charged With Arson in Fire That Burned New York City Subway Passenger

High School Student, 18, Charged With Arson in Fire That Burned New York City Subway Passenger
A subway approaches an above ground station in the Brooklyn borough of New York with the New York City skyline in the background, on June 21, 2017. Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—A New York City high school senior was jailed Friday on a federal arson charge after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger.

Hiram Carrero, 18, was not required to enter a plea during his arraignment in Manhattan federal court. The fire early Monday morning is the latest in a string of incidents of people being lit ablaze on public transit across the U.S.