A Queensland woman has told a court her brother confessed multiple times to lighting a house fire that killed a Hervey Bay man.

The woman told a two-day committal hearing in the Hervey Bay Children's Court that the man — then aged 16 — said he lit a fire that killed Damian Ramsay in 2022.

The man is charged with murder, arson and burglary over the incident, but cannot be identified because he was a minor at the time of the alleged offending.

He has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court in Maryborough on a date to be determined by the court.

An associate of the defendant told the court the pair smoked marijuana on the evening of February 17, 2022, before going to Mr Ramsay's property, where the defendant allegedly stole some power tools.

Later that night, emergency service

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