A suspect is in custody after a Danville, Virginia, city council member was set on fire Wednesday morning by a man police say he knows.

A coworker of Vogler's said a man had forced his way into the Danville, Virginia, office with a five-gallon bucket of gasoline.

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A city councilman in Virginia was seriously injured Wednesday when a man stormed into his office at a local magazine, doused him in gasoline and set him on fire — an attack that authorities say was rooted in a personal dispute, not politics.