Syracuse, N.Y. ― As a two-family home in Syracuse was engulfed in flames , the man accused of setting the fire was across the street smoking a cigarette, watching it burn, according to prosecutors.

A woman sleeping in the upstairs apartment died in the fire.

Anthony Green, 60, is accused of first-degree murder for setting the fire at 2017 South Ave. that killed Shaquoiya T. Allison , 34, on June 20, 2024.

New details of the allegations were revealed Tuesday as Green’s trial began.

Prosecutor Oksana Bugayov opened the trial by showing the jury a video of the fire.

The video, filmed from a private camera across the street, shows a faint glow starting in the first-floor porch and quickly spreading.

A figure, who prosecutors say is Green, can be seen leaving the house as the fire spr

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