FIGHTING FIRE: Fire crews on the scene of a house fire in Birkdale on Sunday. Photo: Grant Spicer
A BIRKDALE man has been charged with one count of arson after a house fire early on Sunday morning.
FIRE: A house fire in Birkdale on Sunday. Photo: Grant Spicer
The fire at the Old Cleveland Road East house was the second in three days.
The 49-year-old man was taken into custody at the scene on Sunday.
HOUSE FIRE: A firefighter working to put out a blaze at a Birkdale house on Sunday. Photo: Grant Spicer
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crews first responded to a fire in the bedroom of the low-set house on Friday about midday.
They put out the fire by 12.40pm, only to be called to another fire at the house on Sunday about 5.30am.
The house was well alight when firefighters arrived.
The fire was brought until control by 6am.
ON SCENE: A fire truck on the scene of a house fire in Birkdale on Sunday. Photo: Grant Spicer
The man is due to appear in Cleveland Magistrates Court on Monday, December 19.
Cheryl Goodenough
Senior Journalist
