Man Arrested for Allegedly Lighting 80 Fires Across NT

Man Arrested for Allegedly Lighting 80 Fires Across NT
AUSTRALIA - JULY 26: The Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, population 3,000. Ross Land/Getty Images
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A man has been arrested after allegedly lighting 80 fires across the Northern Territory (NT), threatening homes and destroying property and bushland.

NT Police and fire services suspect a number of blazes across the territory since May were deliberately lit, and on Thursday arrested a 37-year-old man at a home south of Darwin.