APOLLO — Authorities say a man was arrested after allegedly tying up his estranged wife and threatening her with a gun before setting her home on fire.

Officials in Westmoreland County allege that the 53-year-old man showed up at the Washington Township home shortly before noon Saturday in violation of a protection-from-abuse order. They allege that he then tied up the woman and held a gun to her head.

She escaped and called police. Authorities allege that the man then set fire to the house, which burned to the ground.

A state police helicopter later spotted the suspect lying unconscious in a nearby creek bed. He was taken to a hospital and a gun was recovered. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges he would face.

By The Associated Press