South Australian Man Charged With Intentionally Lighting 4 Bushfires

South Australian Man Charged With Intentionally Lighting 4 Bushfires
A shortwave infrared image shows wildfires burning east of Obrost, Victoria, Australia on Jan. 4, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
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A 79-year-old South Australian man has been charged with intentionally lighting four grass and scrub fires in the state’s southeast in recent days.

Police will allege the man lit fires on Dec. 30 and Jan. 2, and then two on Jan. 4, all in the Kingston area.

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