WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. — A Hagerstown man was arrested after investigators say he intentionally set a fire inside a storage unit, injuring one person early Thursday morning.

Leviathan Godwin, 23, has been charged with first-and-second-degree arson, attempted second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, malicious destruction of property over $1,000, and first-degree and second-degree malicious burning.

Just before 8:00 a.m., the Halfway Volunteer Fire Company responded to a building fire at Halfway Self Storage.

When they arrived, they found an 8-by-40-foot storage unit fully engulfed in flames.

Deputy State Fire Marshals determined Godwin and a woman were arguing inside the unit before the fire started.

The victim, who lives inside the container, told

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