Children Rebuked for Starting QLD Fires

Fire and Emergency crew battle bushfire near a house in the rural town of Canungra in the Scenic Rim region of South East Queensland, Australia, on Sept. 6, 2019. Regi Varghese/AAP/via REUTERS

Children have ignited at least eight of the dozens of blazes which have contributed to a bushfire emergency across Queensland.

A police task force is probing 21 blazes, 10 of which have been confirmed as either being deliberately or recklessly lit.