Albermarle, NC -- An Albemarle man has been arrested and charged with murder in a fire that killed two people in Stanly County last week.

Twenty-seven-year-old Brandon Scott Coggins is accused of setting fire to a mobile home where two people were sleeping.

The fire was reported about 6:30 a.m. Friday in the Palestine community near Albemarle. Firefighters said the home was engulfed in flames when they arrived.

They found the bodies of 85-year-old Earnest Daniel Hopkins and 77-year-old Thelma Jean Britt inside.

Investigators have not released a motive.

It was not clear if Coggins has an attorney.

AP