Police have charged a 37-year-old man following a building fire at a Freshwater address on Sunday, November 3.
Emergency services were called to a Smithfield Road unit at around 1.15am and extinguished the blaze.
The building was extensively damaged due to the fire.
No one was seriously injured.
Police located a man at the scene and he was taken into custody, before he was transported to the Cairns Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation.
A crime scene was declared and investigations are continuing.
A 37-year-old man from Freshwater has been charged with one count of arson.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court today, November 4.
