Warragul police hunt firebug
Police are trying to catch a firebug after the 11th fire in the West Gippsland town of Warragul since December.
View ArticleArson claims heritage-listed hedges
The Baw Baw Shire says some hedges in Warragul destroyed by arson attacks were heritage listed.
View ArticleHunt for Black Saturday arsonists continues
Victoria Police say they remain determined to catch whoever may be responsible for the deliberately lit Black Saturday fires.
View ArticleMan faces court over Gippsland fires
A 24-year-old man charged with lighting fires that destroyed 30 homes in Gippsland last year has had his bail extended.
View ArticleFire expert to front bushfires committal hearing
A fire expert is expected to give evidence today at a committal hearing of a man charged with lighting the Delburn bushfires in Gippsland last year.
View ArticleNo evidence linking accused to Delburn fires
A Victorian magistrate has dismissed arson charges against a South Gippsland man, accused of lighting the Delburn fires the week before Black Saturday.
View ArticleMagistrate clears man of arson
A man accused of lighting a fire in Delburn south-east of Melbourne one week before Black Saturday in 2009 has been cleared by a Latrobe Valley magistrate.
View ArticleBlack Saturday accused at risk of hate attacks
A court has heard there is an unprecedented level of hatred and animosity towards a prisoner accused of lighting fires on Black Saturday.
View ArticleBushfire accused assaulted in jail
An intellectually disabled man charged with 10 counts of arson causing death during the Black Saturday bushfires has been almost choked to death at a Melbourne jail.
View ArticleLawyer defends accused bushfire arsonist
The lawyer defending a man accused of lighting a fire on Black Saturday has told a Melbourne court his client was 12 minutes away when it started.
View ArticlePolice investigating deliberately-lit town fires
Warragul detectives are investigating two deliberately lit fires in the town on Friday night.
View ArticleMan fronts court accused of crime spree
East Gippsland police have charged a man over a recent spate of thefts and fires in the region.
View ArticlePolice probe break-ins, fires
Latrobe Valley detectives are investigating a series of burglaries and fires in Morwell last weekend.
View ArticleMotel blaze deliberate
Police have confirmed a fire that gutted a disused motel at Moe over the weekend was deliberately lit.
View ArticleMan accused of torching flat
A man from Sale is in hospital after allegedly deliberately setting fire to his flat in York Street last night.
View ArticleMan charged over house blaze
Police have charged a man with arson after a house fire at Traralgon early yesterday morning.
View ArticleFirefighters quell shop blaze
Firefighters have stopped a deliberately-lit fire spreading to shops in Cunninghame Street, in Sale, this morning.
View ArticleBlaze destroys school building
A Latrobe Valley school has been targeted in an arson attack overnight.
View ArticlePolice to crack down on firebugs
Police will target arsonists in Gippsland this fire season.
View ArticleNew campaign looks to quell arsonists
Crime Stoppers has launched a state-wide campaign across Victoria to target arsonists.
View ArticlePublic urged to help quell arsonists
Gippsland police are appealing to the public to report suspicious behaviour in fire-prone areas in a bid to catch arsonists.
View ArticleJury retires in Black Saturday arson trial
The jury in the trial of a Victorian man accused of deliberately lighting a bushfire that killed ten people on Black Saturday, has retired to consider its verdict.
View ArticleBlack Saturday arsonist sentenced
Brendan Sokaluk, 42, has been found guilty of lighting one of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires and was sentenced to 17 years and 9 months in jail.
View ArticleDPP appeals against Sokaluk's sentence
The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has lodged an appeal against the sentence of Black Saturday arsonist Brendan Sokaluk.
View ArticleArson suspected in Loch Sport blaze
Police suspect a fire at Loch Sport last week was deliberately lit.
View ArticleMan accused of torching house three times
West Gippsland police have charged a man with setting fire to his own home three times.
View ArticleNew police unit to tackle firebugs
Victoria Police has established a specialised unit to target arsonists this fire season.
View ArticlePolice crack down on firebugs
A police operation targeting arsonists on high risk fire days is underway around Victoria.
View ArticleArson threat to trigger police boost
Police patrols will be boosted in Victoria ahead of this week's extreme fire weather.
View Article75yo charged over Aberfeldy bushfire
A 75-year-old man has appeared in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court, charged with five offences in relation to the Aberfeldy bushfire in eastern Victoria.
View ArticlePolice probe suspicious fires
Wellington Shire detectives are investigating five suspicious fires.
View ArticleCourt rejects bid to increase arsonist's sentence
The Victorian Court of Appeal has rejected a bid to increase the sentence imposed on a man convicted of arson on Black Saturday.
View ArticleMan quizzed over suspected Gippsland arson
Police are questioning a man over a house fire at Mallacoota in far East Gippsland last night.
View ArticlePartner of Black Saturday bushfire victim seeks compensation
The partner of a man who died in the Black Saturday bushfire in Gippsland is seeking compensation from the man who started the blaze.
View ArticlePolice operation to stamp out firebugs
A police operation that targets known arsonists and reckless behaviour during high fire risk days will be linked with changes to Country Fire Authority (CFA) regulations this summer.
View ArticlePolice crack down on firebugs
Crime authorities are keeping a close eye on reckless behaviour that could spark bushfires this summer.
View ArticlePolice hunt arsonist as the battle to contain the Hazelwood mine fire continues
Firefighters have been cleaning up after a grass fire came within 300 metres of the Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe Valley. About 80 staff had to be evacuated from the administration block when...
View ArticlePolice plead for clues to car torching
Police in Sale are investigating a suspicious car fire overnight.
View ArticleArson blamed for bird observation hut blaze
Police are investigating a deliberately-lit fire that partially destroyed a bird observation hut at the Sale Common yesterday on the first day of the school holidays.
View ArticleCaravans destroyed in suspicious fires
Vandals lit a series of fires fire that destroyed derelict caravans at the Thomson River Caravan Park on the South Gippsland Highway at Sale yesterday afternoon.
View ArticleCrime Stoppers launches summer arson attacks crackdown as public urged to dob...
Authorities are trying to curb the number of deliberately lit fires this summer by asking the community to stay on high alert and report suspicious behaviour.
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