A man had been arrested in relation to an alleged arson in Muswellbrook late last year.
Emergency services were called to a home on Tamer Way in the early hours of November 6 following reports of a house fire.
A resident suffered minor burns extinguishing the blaze.
Yesterday, police charged a 20 – year- old man with several offences including damage property by fire and contravene restriction in domestic AVO.
He was refused bail to face Newcastle Local Court.