PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth father is rebuilding his life after losing nearly everything in a duplex fire Friday morning, allegedly set by his partner, the mother of his 3-month-old son.

Emergency crews responded to the Beacon Road home just before 6:30 a.m. Friday, according to the Portsmouth Fire Department. When Jaaziel Fuentes received a call at work about the fire, his first concern was his family’s safety.

“I was thinking about if everybody was OK, you know, if everybody got out of the duplex safely,” Fuentes said.

Investigators say Javette Lee, 31, also of Portsmouth, was arrested and charged with four counts of arson. She is being held without bond at the Portsmouth City Jail. Fuentes said Lee is the mother of his infant son.

“She’s never done anything violent or anything, s

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