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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of lighting her friend\u2019s car on fire while people were asleep in the vehicle at a California gas station, a June 16 news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s Department says.<\/p>

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According to the release, Nicole Najlis, a 30-year-old Oregon resident, lit fire to her friend\u2019s car while two of its\u00a0occupants were asleep at a Pilot truck stop in Hesperia during their road trip from San Diego to Las Vegas. When deputies arrived around midnight, they saw two vehicles \u201cfully engulfed in flames,\u201d where bystanders pointed them to Najlis. One of the victims and the owner of one of the cars told officials that she purposely set his vehicle on fire following a dispute; she \u201cpoured fuel from a can into the trunk area of the car\u201d and \u201cignited the fuel by an unknown means,\u201d the release says. Two friends who were in the vehicle managed to escape when they awoke from the flames.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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According to the New York Post, Najlis demanded Xanax from James Bahr, the man who owned the vehicle, and allegedly became violent with him while he was driving. Najlis allegedly hit him so hard,\u00a0Bahr told the outlet, that he lost control of the steering wheel and had to pull into a nearby gas station. Subsequently, Bahr told Najlis to leave the car, but she refused, so he started removing her possessions. \u201cShe started to move around some of my stuff,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cThen I smell gas and as soon as I said, \u2018what is that smell?\u2019 she threw a match and lit the car on fire.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

\u201cMy vehicle was completely destroyed,\u201d says Bahr\u2019s\u00a0GoFundMe, which describes the attack as \u201cterrifying and life-changing.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

Najlis was arrested and booked at the High Desert Detention Center, where she faces charges of attempted murder and arson, the release says.\u00a0<\/p>

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