BATON ROUGE - A homeless, Baton Rouge woman has been arrested on a charge of arson after she was allegedly seen starting a fire inside of a vacant capital area home. 

Fire officials say 36-year-old Wauneka Corbin was seen starting a fire in a vacant home on East Johnson Street on Jan. 4.

When approached by officials regarding the matter, authorities say Corbin admitted to setting fire to a mattress inside of the home. 

She was arrested for simple arson and criminal trespass.