A man has been charged three months after allegedly setting fire to a Commonwealth Bank in Springvale.
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Nur Islam, a 21-year-old man from Springvale, has been charged with 92 offences, including conduct endangering life, criminal damage by fire, gross violence, intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury.
The Rohingya asylum seeker from Myanmar suffered severe burns after allegedly setting himself alight inside the Springvale Road bank branch at 11.30am on November 18, 2016.
He has been in hospital since, but faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon and was remanded to appear again on May 11.
Twenty-six people, including children, were injured in the fire.
