Man charged over Springvale bank fire
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A 21-year-old man has been charged with 92 offences after a fire at a bank in Springvale in Melbourne's south-east last year.
Thirty-six people were injured during the fire at the Springvale Road branch on November 18.
The man faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon and was remanded in custody.
He has been charged with conduct endangering life, gross violence, recklessly causing serious injury and criminal damage by fire.
Victorian arson and explosives squad detectives are reported to have questioned the man after he was released from hospital.
The man was badly burned after allegedly dousing himself with petrol as well as the floor of the bank.
Staff and customers were among those injured.
The man was remanded to appear in court on May 11.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, springvale-3171, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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