(FOX40.COM) — A man has been arrested after trying to burn a house down with his elderly parents inside on Saturday evening, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said that just before 5 p.m., Central Division Patrol Deputies responded to a home in the 3600 block of 45th Avenue for a welfare check.

SCSO said that its deputies learned from family members that Somekitt Say, who is 37 years old, got into an argument with his 80-year-old father and then tried to burn the house down with his elderly parents still inside the home.

Family members were able to put out the fire before emergency personnel arrived; however, Say had fled on foot, SCSO stated.

After a while, responding deputies searched the area and located him a short distance away, according to

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