Police have arrested a man accused of deliberately lighting a fire at a Waratah home last month.
At about 6:15am on Sunday 14th May, police were called to a home which was well alight on Ada Street.
The fire was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW, but the property sustained significant damage as a result.
No one was at home at the time.
After investigations officers arrested a 31-year-old man yesterday and charged him with malicious damage by x2.
The man was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today.
