Arson charge, Palm Island
Police have charged a 22-year-old woman in relation to a house fire that occurred on Palm Island last night.
It will be alleged that during an argument with the occupant of a house in Coconut Grove, the woman threatened to burn down the dwelling.
It is then further alleged that around 9pm, the woman attended the house and lit a fire underneath it.
Police and fire services attended the fire and it was extinguished however the house was completely destroyed. The house was unoccupied at the time and no one was injured as a result of the fire.
The 22-year-old local woman was charged with two counts of arson and is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court today.
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