Tag: Arson
Man sentenced to home detention for setting house on fire
A 25 year old man from Yarralin, south west of Katherine, has been sentenced to a home detention order after starting a fire that destroyed a community house. [MORE]
Teen charged over Rockhampton house fire
Police have charged a teenage boy over a house fire in the Queensland town of Rockhampton last Friday.[MORE]
Firefighter charged over Inverell blazes
A volunteer firefighter has been charged with lighting 13 bushfires in northern New South Wales.[MORE]
Students moved after school fire
The Principal of the Munno Para Primary School says an arson attack at the school last night has caused classes to be moved because of severe smoke damage.[MORE]
Volunteer 'deliberately lit bushfires'
A volunteer firefighter has been arrested in north western New South Wales as police investigate a series of bushfires in the area.[MORE]
Firebug thought responsible for Coongulla blaze
A serial firebug working in the Heyfield area for the past three years is believed to have deliberately started a bushfire near Coongulla yesterday.[MORE]
Man charged over 4 fires in east Brisbane
Police have charged a 24-year-old man with 19 offences including arson and wilful damage over four separate fires on Brisbane's east side this morning.[MORE]
Man charged over school fires
A 29-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly lighting fires at Radford College in the northern Canberra suburb of Bruce.[MORE]
Police continue masonic lodge fire probe
Detectives investigating a suspicious blaze at the Maffra Masonic Lodge on the weekend are awaiting the results of fingerprint and DNA tests. [MORE]
Suspicious forest fires under investigation
Investigations are continuing today into two suspicious fires that burnt an area of forest on the far south coast of New South Wales on the weekend.[MORE]
Police woman fined for assaulting teen, damages to house
A WA police officer has been fined more than $3,000 and ordered to pay damages over an incident when she was trying to get her teenage daughter to come home.[MORE]
Police believe Lancefield blaze deliberate
Police say they believe a fire at a property near Kyneton yesterday morning was deliberately lit.[MORE]
Salvage yard fire damages trucks
Arson is believed to be the cause of a fire that damaged two trucks at a salvage yard in Edwardstown early this morning.[MORE]
Extra cameras could help catch arsonists: police
Police say more security cameras in Canberra's city centre may have helped catch those responsible for a bus arson attack. [MORE]
ACT Police appeal for witnesses to bus blaze
ACT Police are appealing to the public to help them track down those responsible for setting fire to a tourist coach in Civic early this morning.[MORE]
Teens badly burnt in fire, friend charged
A teenager has been charged over a fire on the New South Wales central coast that has left two of his friends in a critical condition.[MORE]
Petrol-dousing accused appears in court
A 32-year-old man has appeared in the Cairns Magistrates Court charged with the attempted murder of a woman and her three children.[MORE]
Police seek Noosa firebug
Police and fire officers are investigating three fires that are believed to have been deliberately lit in the Noosa area yesterday.[MORE]
Man accused of setting family on fire to face court
A man will face a north Queensland court today after allegedly dousing a woman in petrol and setting her alight.[MORE]
Cairns assault-arson suspect surrenders to police
Police have found a man they believe set fire to a woman, two children and a house in the Cairns suburb of Earlville this morning.[MORE]
Mum, kids burnt in far north house blaze
A woman and two children, including a four-month-old baby, have been injured in a house fire in far north Queensland.[MORE]
Mother, child survive arson attack
A woman and a 10-year-old boy have survived an arson attempt on the Gold Coast.[MORE]
Police alert for arson devices
Police and firefighters are on alert for new devices being used by arsonists to set fires long after they have left the scene.[MORE]
Man killed fighting 'deliberately-lit' fire
A man has been killed by a falling tree while trying to contain a bushfire on the mid-north coast of NSW.[MORE]
Prison for priest who fire-bombed love rival's car
A Greek court has sent an Orthodox priest to prison for firebombing the car of a man he suspected of being his wife's lover.[MORE]
