AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2011
NSW:Pair charged over deliberately lit fires
Two teenagers have been charged with deliberately starting a fire in bushland near
an old people's home in northern NSW.
The pair, aged 17 and 18, were allegedly seen gathering dry grass and twigs and then
setting it alight in Blairs Gully, in Walcha last night.
Rural Fire Service crews extinguished the fires, but there were fears they could have
spread to the nearby home and a hotel.
Police arrested the pair at local homes last night and charged them with setting fire
to Crown land.
The older man was refused bail to appear at Tamworth Local Court today, while the younger
man was given conditional bail and is due at Walcha Children's Court in January.
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KEYWORD: GRASSFIRE (SYDNEY)
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