LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A Lynchburg man was arrested in connection to an assault and arson in Lynchburg, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.

LPD officers arrested 59-year-old Andre Anthony Andrews of Lynchburg. He was charged with:

Arson

Malicious Wounding

Possession of a Controlled Substance

The evening of Thursday, December 11, 2025, officers were dispatched to a report of an assault and house fire in the 1700 block of Texas Ave.

Officers arrived to a fire in the front of a home, with two nearby vehicles “engulfed in flames” and a man still inside, according to LPD.

Officers then went into the home and saved the man, according to officers.

The rescued man was transported to a hospital and is expected to be okay, authorities say.

The Lynchburg Fire Department along with

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