STERLING, Va. (DC News Now) -- A man was arrested Wednesday on multiple arson-related charges after a town house fire killed a woman last week, officials announced.

The Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal's Office and the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office determined that the deadly three-alarm town house fire in Sterling was intentional.

The incident took place just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 24 when crews responded to a fire in the 20000 block of Riptide Square. It was also reported that someone was possibly trapped inside the townhomes on fire.

Responding crews were met with a large volume of fire that caused multiple structural collapses, which prevented them from entering the homes. They had to extinguish the fire from the outside.

The investigation into the fire determined that it

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