AN ALLEGED arsonist will front court later this month after he was charged with setting fire to a unit, causing significant damage.
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Emergency services were called to a block of flats on Niagara Street in Armidale just before 10:30am on Wednesday after reports a blaze had broken out inside.
Firefighters rushed to the scene and worked to extinguish the flames, but the unit could not be saved from suffering significant damage.
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Police confirmed that no one was home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries reported.
New England police set up a crime scene at the unit complex and the charred scene was investigated by specialist officers.
Detectives homed in on a 38-year-old man in the hours after the blaze and he was arrested on Wednesday afternoon at a Galloway Street home.
He was taken to Armidale Police Station and charged with damaging property by fire worth more than $15,000.
The local man was granted strict conditional bail and will front Armidale Local Court in the coming weeks.
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