(New Market, Iowa) – The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday), said a woman was arrested on an Arson charge, following a house fire late Tuesday night. The Taylor County Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call a little after 11-p.m., with regard to a house on fire at 205 Main Street, in New Market. New Market Fire and Rescue was dispatched and were able to extinguish the fire. The home is considered a total loss.

Deputies with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office investigated the cause of the fire. As a result, 35-year-old Amanda Carlson, of New Market, was arrested on a charge of Arson in the 2nd Degree. Carlson was being held at the Taylor County Jail on a $10,000 cash only bond, pending an initial appearance before a Magistrate.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by New Market Fire and Rescue and the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office.

*All persons charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.