Police have defended their response, beginning when officers patrolling the station smelled and saw smoke coming from the F train.

The woman was sleeping on a train car in Brooklyn on Sunday morning when a man approached her, lit her aflame and ran, police said.

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die has been arraigned.

A man is facing murder and arson charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames, police said Monday. The suspect,