A woman wearing traditional Muslim clothing has told police that a man lit her blouse on fire in midtown Manhattan.

It happened at about 9 p.m. Saturday on Fifth Avenue near 55th Street.

Police say the 35-year-old tourist told them she felt heat on her arm and noticed her blouse was on fire. She said she patted out the fire and noticed a man standing nearby holding a lighter. She said the man then walks away.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident as a possible bias crime.

There have been no arrests.

On Thursday, a New York City woman was arrested after police say she assaulted two Muslim women pushing their young children in strollers in Brooklyn. Prosecutors have described the incident as a hate crime.

(AP)