A Connecticut man escaped allegedly being held captive by his stepmother for over 20 years after setting fire to his home using household items, according to local authorities.

Both sides of his door had been secured with plywood and a lock, the man would later say, to stop him from getting out. For years, he’d only been given two sandwiches – egg or tuna salad, or peanut butter – and a small amount of water each day,

A Connecticut man says he set a fire in his room to escape a 2o-year-imprisonment at his stepmother’s house, according to the Waterbury, CT police department in a statement on social media. The man’s stepmother,