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A woman charged with setting her hotel quarantine room on fire in Queensland has had her matter heard in court.
The 31-year-old woman, from Cairns, was charged with arson and wilful damage after the fire destroyed the room and damaged two floors.
Police allege she started the “significant” and “quite intense” fire at 7am on Sunday.
Two children were in the 11th-floor room with her at the time, according to acting Superintendent Chris Hodgman.
7NEWS understands the fire started under a bed in the room.
The woman, believed to have come from Victoria, had been in quarantine in the Cairns CBD hotel for a “couple of days” prior to the incident, Hodgman said.