Thursday, 4:30 PM
Man, hospitalized with severe burns, charged with arson of Dorchester home
By Suzanne Smalley, Globe Staff
A man who is accused of lighting a fire that engulfed his infant daughter, her baby-sitter, and himself in flames was criminally charged over the weekend, police said this evening.
Dung Van Tran has been hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital with life-threatening burns since last Tuesday after he allegedly set a fire at the Dorchester home where his 1-year-old daughter, Diana Lam Tran, lived with her mother.
Tran, who is accused of abusing his wife in the past, was charged with arson of a dwelling, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of assault with intent to murder.
Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said more charges are possible as the investigation unfolds. Tran will be arraigned in his hospital room after he becomes coherent. Tran and his daughter remain in critical condition.
The baby-sitter, Nguyen Trinh, is in intensive care at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
