A Maryland man is facing charges after Prince George's County police said he set fire to his apartment in Laurel on Sunday, prompting an extensive emergency response and leaving several residents displaced.

Fire crews were called to the apartment in the 9500 block of Muirkirk Road around 9 p.m. They arrived to find fire showing from the third floor of the building.

The fire was extinguished, and one resident was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.

The Red Cross also responded to the scene to assist displaced residents.

Arson arrest

On Monday, police said they charged a man with arson, reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property, accusing him of setting his own apartment on fire.

According to police, Sunday's apartment fire came

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