AUSTRALIA FIRE: ARSON ARREST TOLL HITS 183. MORE THAN 180 ALLEGED ARSONISTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SINCE THE START OF THE BUSHFIRE SEASON

Posted by on January 12, 2020 10:54 pm
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Bushfires rage between the towns of Orbost and Lakes Entrance in east Gippsland.

More than 180 alleged arsonists have been arrested sinceĀ the start of 2019, with 29 blazes deliberately lit in the Shoalhaven region of southeast NSW in just three months.

The Shoalhaven fires were lit between July and September last year, with Kempsey recording 27 deliberately lit fires, NSW Bureau of Crime and Statistics and Research data shows.

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