A 12-year-old child who has been in critical condition since a Saturday morning fire at a Grand Rapids home died Monday evening at a nearby hospital. The Grand Rapids Press/MLive is not naming the child at this time as her mother is facing criminal charges as a result of the fire and the mother is yet to be arraigned.

A western Michigan woman is accused of setting a house fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter who was trapped in a bedroom.

A Grand Rapids mother has pleaded not guilty to setting her house on fire, but admitted she intended to die with her daughters "so they could be free."

The woman's 12-year-old daughter died Monday night from injuries suffered in the blaze that the mother is accused of starting.

Mom removed seven smoke detectors and started house fire that killed her daughter, cops say - Seven smoke detectors were removed from the house before the blaze started, according to police

The mother told Grand Rapids officials she removed all the smoke alarms before setting the house on fire while her three daughters were asleep.

A Grand Rapids mother faces arson charges after investigators say she set fire to her home with her children inside, sending one of her daughters to the hospital, where she later died.

Officials arrested the woman, identified as Roconda Singleton, 46, on multiple charges in connection with the fire. A 12-year-old child was in critical condition at a hospital following the fire but two other children, ages 10 and 7, were treated and released over the weekend, according to authorities.

A 46-year-old mother faces criminal charges after investigators say she set fire to her home, harming three of her own children.