{"id":215960,"date":"2018-08-20T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T04:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=215960"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T23:48:36","slug":"sixteen-fires-deliberately-lit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/08\/20\/sixteen-fires-deliberately-lit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixteen Fires ‘Deliberately Lit’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inspector Mark Long,
from Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 20, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sixteen of the weekend fires in the South Burnett are suspected to have been deliberately lit.<\/p>\n

Kingaroy Area Commander\u00a0Mark Long\u00a0told southburnett.com.au<\/strong>\u00a0the fire at East Nanango on Saturday morning, near\u00a0Bullcamp Road and Mount Stanley Road, had two seats of fire on the side of the road.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night, four fires were lit along the Chinchilla-Wondai Road, including near the intersections with J Hunters Road, Melrose Road and Kingaroy-Burrandowan Road.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, five fires were lit on the side of the D’Aguilar Highway within 30 minutes, including multiple fires in the Blackbutt area.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday night, five known fires were lit between Binjour and Goomeri along the Burnett Highway.<\/p>\n

However, the recent Charlestown fire and the Curtis Road \/ Schellbachs Road fire at Booie were both started accidentally.<\/p>\n

Inspector Long called for local residents and motorists to be vigilant and report any fires or suspicious behaviour immediately to Triple 0 (000).<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Kingaroy police announced they had charged a man in relation to nine fires recently lit on Kingaroy’s Oasis Estate.<\/p>\n