911 Tape Released in Conn. Woman on Fire Case

The dramatic 911 call in the case in which police say a woman was set on fire by her boyfriend has been released. The man also allegedly tried to do the same to the woman's two young children. A neighbor dialed 911 for help when the attack began.

In a call to police Sunday, Christina Lee of New Haven, Conn., is heard yelling, "He's setting my daughter on fire!" while the neighbor pleads with a dispatcher to send help. Police released the tape Wednesday.

"What's the problem?" the dispatcher asks. "I don't know sir, my neighbor came and said her husband set the baby on fire," the caller tells the dispatcher.

Fire crews responded to the home minutes after police say 50-year-old Howard Stewart lit his girlfriend on fire and then doused her 12-year-old daughter with an accelerant.

According to the police report, Stewart told police the couple had been arguing over bills and claims by the 12-year-old that he'd been touching her. The girl told police she'd told her mother the night before that Stewart had been touching her private parts.

"The [girl] woke up because she felt liquid being poured on her head and when she opened her eyes saw Howard striking matches and tossing them toward her," the police report stated.

The girl was not injured, and neither was the couple's 3-month-old daughter, who the girl grabbed out of bed as she ran out of the house, which did catch on fire.

The 35-year-old Lee suffered burns on about 40 percent of her body and remains in critical condition at Bridgeport Hospital.

Stewart is being held on $2 million bail on arson, assault and other charges.