A 42-year-old woman has been charged with arson, over a fire that destroyed a family home in North Lambton last month.
A family with four young boys lost everything in the fire that engulfed their home on December 29.
The woman was this morning charged with intentionally damaging property by fire and two counts of recklessly damaging property by fire.
She was granted conditional bail and will appear before Newcastle Local Court on February 5.
Watch vision of the fire below.
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WHY are these firebugs always granted bail? They should be locked up and the key thrown away