A woman has appeared in court charged with arson after a fire was lit on the sixth floor of a block of flats.
Emergency services were called to the complex, in North Church Street, Nottingham, around 11.50pm on Saturday (1 June).
A fire had started in a bin storage area and spread to damage a total of 10 bins.
Officers studied CCTV of the incident and located a suspect early the following day.
Twenty-one-year-old Anjolizaman Kotha, of North Church Street, has been charged with arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered.
She appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Monday (3 June) and will next appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 1 July.
Detective Sergeant Paul Crofts, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“Thankfully no one was injured due to a quick and efficient response by the emergency services.
“Arson is an extremely serious offence and can have devastating consequences, so I’m pleased our investigations have led to a suspect being charged and placed before magistrates.”
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