Detectives arrested the 47-year-old man on East Street, Uralla, about 8am yesterday.
He was charged with deliberately trigger fireplace and be reckless as to its unfold, and holder of Category A or B licence not have accredited storage.
Police will allege in courtroom that the person, who’s a volunteer firefighter, intentionally lit a fireplace in grassland close to Kingstown Road, Uralla, on September 16, 2022.
It can be alleged the fireplace burnt by greater than 4 hectares of grassland and a paddock earlier than it was extinguished by the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) personnel.
The man was granted strict conditional bail and is because of seem in courtroom subsequent month.
Yesterday’s arrest got here after police and RFS specialists launched an investigation into suspicious fires throughout the Uralla Shire native authorities space.
Investigations are persevering with.
Source: www.9news.com.au
