Man Charged With Murder After Fatal House Fire in Tasmania

The man has also been charged with arson, motor vehicle stealing and unlawfully setting fire to property.

Country Fire Authority (CFA) staff monitor a giant fire raging in the Bunyip State Park, some 125 kilometres west of Melbourne, Australia on Feb. 7, 2009. William West/AFP via Getty Images

A man has been charged with murder after a body was found following a house fire in Hobart.

Police and emergency services were called to Sanders Street in the northern suburb of Glenorchy about 7am on Friday after reports a house was on fire.