A teenage boy has been charged with arson after two separate attacks on a historic church within the space of a week.
The roof at All Saints Church in Fleet, Hampshire, has been completely destroyed and the inside is a shell after a blaze on June 22.
It's emerged fire fighters were called to a separate incident at the same church on June 16.
Hampshire Constabulary said a boy, aged 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been charged with arson recklessly endangering life for the June 22 blaze.
The force added that the same boy had been charged with arson for the fire on June 16.
The teenager has been remanded in custody and will appear at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court later.
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