An alleged serial arsonist who lit numerous fires during a roughly hour-long blaze of destruction — including next to a sleeping subway rider last month — was nabbed Monday, authorities said.

Skky Ifudu was arrested and charged with third-degree arson tied to four fires set on Jan. 10 — his second collar in less than a month after he was also booked for attempted arson in late January, police and Queens prosecutors said Tuesday.


  Alleged arsonist Skky Ifudu, 33, was arrested Monday. DCPI Alleged arsonist Skky Ifudu, 33, was arrested Monday. DCPI

The 33-year-old, who lives in Flushing, is accused of first setting flames to an empty parked NYPD vehicle near City Hall around 2:20 a.m. before burning up another unoccupied vehicle on Murray Street 15 minutes later during the early January spree.

He then lit a paper cup on fire and tossed it into a garbage can near the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall subway station before jumping on a northbound J train near the Woodhaven Avenue train station around 3:40 a.m., police alleged.

During the subway ride, the masked suspect allegedly torched a small heap of garbage right next to a sleeping straphanger on a bench.

Then, 13 days later, he allegedly tried to light a straphanger’s backpack on fire with a lit-up piece of paper, according to a criminal complaint provided by the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

The victim slapped the Ifudu’s hand and tried to walk away, but the alleged perp then pointed a knife at him, according to the docs.


  Ifudu is accused of setting flames next to a sleeping subway rider. DCPI Ifudu is accused of setting flames next to a sleeping subway rider. DCPI

Ifudu was taken into custody in that case and arraigned on Jan. 25 in Queens court, where he pleaded not guilty to fifth-degree attempted arson, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree harassment.

He was released on $10,000 cash bail before he was arrested again Monday.

Attempts to reach his legal counsel from the Jan. 23 incident were unsuccessful Tuesday night. 

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