PULLMAN, Wash. — Police arrested a 40-year-old man after he allegedly set fire to his apartment building in Pullman and led officers on a car chase that ended in a three-hour standoff.

According to Pullman Police Department, Elijah Regan intentionally started the fire by setting off an explosion in his apartment on Northwest Larry Street before leaving the scene.

Multiple units were damaged in the fire and several residents are now displaced.

A Whitman County Sheriff's deputy spotted Regan driving on Highway 194 two hours after the fire started. Police knew Regan was armed with a shotgun.

"We were aware that he was armed with a shotgun. So, we took things very cautiously and we tried to de-escalate the situation to prevent him from being harmed or first responders from being harmed," s

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