AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2006
NSW: Man charged over suspicious house fire
SYDNEY, April 24 AAP - Police have charged a man over a suspicious house fire in the
NSW Hunter Valley.
Emergency crews were called to the blaze at a two-storey house in Thomas Street, North
Rothbury, about 5pm (AEST) yesterday.
Police were told a man had argued with a woman at the house before allegedly splashing
an unidentified liquid around the foyer.
A fire started a short time later.
The the man, the woman and her two children were forced to evacuate the home which
was extensively damaged.
No one was injured.
Highway patrol officers arrested the man a short time later in Wine Country Road, Cessnock.
He was taken to Singleton police station and charged with malicious damage by fire.
He was refused bail and will appear in Maitland Local Court later today.
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KEYWORD: BLAZE
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