The lady, who had been staying in a Manhattan inn, was coming back from touring when she felt a warm spot on her arm, an officer told the BBC. She turned and saw her arm ablaze and a man with a cigarette lighter. She could applaud out the flame with her hands and did not endure any harm. The assault at the weekend is being explored as a conceivable scorn wrongdoing. A police source affirmed to the BBC the lady is Scottish yet would not affirm nearby reports she is a dental specialist from Glasgow. The lady was left with a gap the extent of a 25-penny coin (about the span of a 2p-coin) on her sleeve, police said. They have footage of a man they think of the wrongdoing and are engaging for witnesses.