PITTSBURGH -- Police arrested a Coraopolis man overnight in connection with a blaze that swept through the Hyland Hills apartment complex.

George Snyder, 30, was using hairspray and a lighter to destroy a bee's nest on the building's roof.

Synder is charged with arson, endangering persons/property and causing a castastrophe.

Forty to 50 firefighters responded to the massive five-alarm fire at the building, which houses 24 apartments.

All 32 people who were home at the time of the fire made it out safely.

Resident Yvonne Brown says she's thankful to the residents that alerted people about the fire.

"I don't understand how and why it happened, but I thank God we're living. I thank God we all got out safe. We had some great team work in people and they were helping. They were getting everyone out … everybody in the building because we all got out safe. I thank God for the people that were heroes … they're heroes to me … they saved my life," Brown said.

"We saw (a) little, tiny flame coming from the top of the building and we started ringing everybody's doorbells," resident Matt Petroski said.

Two firefighters were taken to the hospital to be treated.

The fire left nearly two dozen people homeless.

Damage is estimated at nearly $300,000.