Nathan Bartman to remain behind bars until October, accused of setting fire to High Street, Gunnedah home on August 2

Nathan Bartman has been in custody since his arrest during a foot chase in Moree in early-August.

He appeared in Moree Local Court again but was not required to enter pleas, as police were ordered to build and serve the brief of evidence in the case.

The 28-year-old faces charges of damaging property worth more than $15,000 by fire or an explosive; and destroying or damaging property. Both charges are domestic violence-related.

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He made no application for bail, and magistrate Mark Richardson formally refused it.

Mr Richardson adjourned the case to late-October for reply, with the brief of evidence due to be served by the time the case returns to court.

Bartman is accused of setting fire to a home in High Street in Gunnedah just before dawn on August 2.

Emergency services were alerted to the fierce fire after a Triple Zero call about 5.30am on the day in question.

The fire - which ripped through the brick and tile home severely damaging it - was deemed suspicious by authorities at the time. No one was injured in the fire and no one was home when it erupted.

Gunnedah police and Oxley detectives launched an investigation in the exact cause of the fire and homed in on Bartman in a little over a week in Moree.

He was tracked to a Moree address where Oxley detectives, along with the Moree Proactive Crime Team, surrounded the home, and arrested him after a foot pursuit.