A 48-year-old Scranton man faces charges after police said he lit paper on fire Saturday inside a city residence occupied by his 83-year-old mother.

Police were dispatched to 1816 Ash St. around 6:24 a.m. for a report of smoke in the residence and a domestic violence situation, according to a criminal complaint.

That morning, Rosemary Gething notified officers at police headquarters that she was involved in a physical altercation with her son, Ryan Gething, and that her home was filled with smoke.

She tried climbing out the window when her bedroom began filling with smoke because she was afraid to be seen leaving the home by her son, police said. When she couldn’t navigate the approximately 4- to 5-foot drop, she ran out the front door when he wasn’t looking.

She stated several times that her son wouldn’t let her leave the home if he spotted her, officers said.

When Officer Benjamin Snyder arrived on scene, the first and second floors of the residence were filled with smoke, making it difficult to breathe, according to the criminal complaint.

Police cleared the home and made sure no one was home.

Officers found a stack of burned paper on a stove on the first floor, police said. They also observed a gas can in the living room and a cooking pot filled with liquid, which smelled like gas, in a bedroom connected to the kitchen.

A stove on the second floor also had burned paper on it, officers noted.

Rosemary Gething told officers she was in her bedroom when the smoke alarms went off, and that her son took them down and started throwing them, according to the criminal complaint.

Ryan Gething also pushed his mother to the floor as she was walking back to her bedroom from the bathroom, police said.

Code enforcement officials deemed the structure as dangerous, according to the criminal complaint.

Police charged Ryan Gething with arson/endangering property, risking catastrophe, simple assault and harassment.

As of Monday, he remained in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $30,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 27 at 10:45 a.m.