Man allegedly ignited a blaze that claimed his 19-year-old daughter’s life and injured his estranged wife following an argument.

A Pennsylvania man is facing homicide and arson charges after he allegedly doused his family’s home in gasoline and set it on fire, a blaze that killed his 19-year-old daughter and injured his wife.

Brian Jeffrey Shelleby, 46, was taken into custody on Sunday after firefighters responded to a house fire in Castle Shannon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, around 10 a.m. Upon arrival, emergency responders found the home fully engulfed in flames.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Shelleby’s wife told police that she had informed her estranged husband he could not stay at the residence. In response, he allegedly threatened to “burn the house down” before grabbing a

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