Police have charged a 26-year-old Devonport man in relation to a deliberately lit fire at a hotel on Wilson Street at Burnie yesterday.  

It is alleged that about 1.30am the man deliberately lit a fire within a hotel room.  

As a result of the fire, the second floor of the hotel was evacuated. No one was injured.  

Tasmania Fire Service attended and extinguished the fire.  

The man has been charged with offences including arson and unlawfully set fire to property. 

He was detained to appear before the Burnie Magistrates Court.