LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- Police say a fight between two roommates at a Queens shelter Wednesday night ended with one of them setting the other on fire.
The 51-year-old victim was burned after she and a younger roommate got into a dispute at the former Verve Hotel on 29th Street in Long Island City, which is now being used as a homeless shelter, around 10:30 p.m.
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She apparently used nail polish remover to set her roommate ablaze.
The victim was rushed to the Cornell burn unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition.
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The younger roommate is still being sought.
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