This follows a fire in Kercroft, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, on Friday, September 26, which saw fire crews attend for over six hours to extinguish the blaze. Courtney Bass, 24, of no fixed abode, has been charged with one count of arson with intent to endanger life, one count of arson with recklessness as to whether life would be endangered and two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. Bass has been remanded in police custody to appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, September 29. The fire service had stated: "A fire had started on the ground floor of a two-storey residential building." "All crews had left the scene by 2.45pm, with reinspections scheduled throughout the afternoon and evening to take temperatures readings and to check for hotspots."