Is there a specific mental illness where you want to be the hero and save people so you purposely do something like set a fire or cause some other kind of disaster or emergency?

I've heard about people doing this in fiction books, and it sounds like it would be caused by a certain disorder, but I can't figure out what it would be.

There was also this news story a number of years ago that talked about a boy who set a fire so he could be a hero.

I'm just wondering. I've flipped through the DSM IV before, but I don't recall reading anything about it.