Using surveillance video, fire officials identified a man they believe set a fire to intentionally with two people sleeping inside a home.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office has arrested a St. Martinville man for allegedly setting fire to a house with two people sleeping inside.

Leroy Harrison, 37, was booked into the St. Martin Parish Jail on Tuesday on one count of aggravated arson.

According to a prepared statement, the St. Martinville Fire Department responded just before 4 a.m. on May 14 to a house fire located in the 100 block of East Hyacinth Road. Firefighters learned two people were asleep inside when one woke up to the smell of smoke.

The woman located a fire on the outside of the home and was able to put it out with a water hose before firefighters arrived.

Following an assessment of the scene, conducting witness statements and reviewing surveillance video from the area, deputies determined the fire was intentionally set and identified Harrison, a transient in the area, as a suspect.

Harrison was taken into custody on May 30 in connection with this case and other outstanding, unrelated warrants from another agency.