TWO teenagers have appeared in court accused of setting a house ablaze with a firework.

Jamie Matthews, 18, of Manor Farm Road, Oxford, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named, appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court today accused of arson with intent to endanger life.

They were arrested in connection with a fire at Ramsay Road in Headington on Halloween that made a family of four homeless.

An investigation by firefighters showed the blaze had been caused by a firework.

Both were granted conditional bail to appear at Oxford Crown Court on November 19.