A resident of a women’s homeless shelter in Queens was set on fire by her crazed roommate at the facility and left critically injured from the vicious attack, police said.
The horrific incident happened when the victim, 51, and a younger woman got into an argument around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on the third floor of Pam’s Place shelter — formerly the Verve Hotel on 29th Street in Long Island City, cops said.
The dispute went on for a few minutes before the aggressor dumped highly flammable nail polish remover on the victim and lit her ablaze, authorities said.
The victim was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition, according to officials.
Her attacker, described by cops as about 33 years old, 5 feet 7 and 130 pounds, fled and remains at large.
Police say the victim and the suspect know each other.