NORWAY — A 21-year-old Maine man has been charged with arson and attempted murder in connection with a fire at a house where three people were sleeping. No one was hurt.

The state fire marshal’s office says Andrew Freeman of Paris was charged Friday with arson, two counts of attempted murder and burglary for allegedly setting fire to a home on Round The Pond Road in Norway in the early morning hours of Dec. 5.

Officials say Freeman broke into a house owned by Edgar McCloud and set a couple of fires while McCloud, his wife and granddaughter were asleep inside. McCloud put the fires out before there was any major damage.

Freeman was notified of the charges at the Androscoggin County Jail, where he’s being held on an unrelated charge.