Man, 35, charged over Boxing Day house fire
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A 35-year-old man has been charged over a house fire which left a Calliope family homeless on Boxing Day.
Emergency services were alerted to the blaze at 10.16am on December 26 on Sybil Court in Calliope.
At the time a Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said when Calliope RFS arrived at the scene the brick home was "well involved in flames".
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Police, firefighters, ambulance and Ergon Energy workers all attended the scene.
A man was taken to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition on the day.
It is alleged the fire was lit deliberately.
The 35-year-old man has since been charged with arson and released on bail.
He will face Gladstone Magistrates Court on February 2.
