Ledger photo by TARA JENNINGS Sheriff's Deputy Lt. Joey Guyton escorts George Tuck of Gaffney to a patrol car Thursday afternoon after Tuck allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and set fire to his home. Police said a Gaffney man set fire to the house he was living in when Cherokee County Sheriff's Department deputies arrived Thursday to question him about an assault.

Deputy Steve Bright said George Tuck, 46, saw him when the officer arrived at Tuck's home at 124 Nellie's Road in Corinth at 1:25 p.m. to question him. Bright managed to extinguish the fire in the front corner of the house, which had been set by Tuck, who was inside the home, said Deputy Lt. Joey Guyton. Tuck eventually came to the front door and was taken into custody.

Deputies wanted to question Tuck regarding an assault on a Gaffney woman who is Tuck's girlfriend. The woman suffered lacerations to her head and face, Guyton said. She called police from Tuck has been charged her 9th Street home to report the assault, which allegedly occurred at Tuck's home, the officer said. Police took photographs of the woman's injuries and she was examined by medics from Upstate Carolina Medical Center but not transported to the hospital. with 2nd-degree attempted arson and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. He remains at the Cherokee County Detention Center pending a bond hearing.

The Corinth Volunteer Fire Department also responded.