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Ravensthorpe house fire: Tahir Nazir in court charged with murder

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Emergency services were called on Sunday morning to reports of a large house fire

A man has appeared in court charged with murder and arson following a fatal house fire.

Tahir Nazir, 39, is accused of starting the blaze in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, on Sunday.

Emergency services recovered a man's body from the property on Monday.

Mr Nazir, of West Park Street, Dewsbury, was remanded in custody when he appeared at Bradford Magistrates' Court earlier. He is due at Leeds Crown Court on 19 April.

About 80 firefighters were called to Queen Street after the alarm was raised at 00:04 BST on Sunday.

Six people were in the mid-terraced property when the fire caught hold and surrounding properties were evacuated, West Yorkshire Police said.

Witnesses or anyone with information are being asked to contact them as inquiries are ongoing, the force added.

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Drone pictures taken at the scene show the scale of the damage
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