A man is accused of deliberately setting fire to a 12-hectare bush near casino in new state, 9NEWS reported on Aug. 17.
It is reported that yesterday after firefighters put out the fire, the 52-year-old man was arrest.
A spokesman for the rural fire department, (Rural Fire Service, RFS, said the fire began to burn on Wednesday and quickly spread to nearby bushes.
Source: new state RFS
"the fire was huge and it wasn`t brought under control until noon yesterday, with a cumulative burning area of 12 hectares," the spokesman said.
RFS has extinguished as many as 80 fires across Australia, 38 of which were out of control yesterday.
The arson suspect has been taken to the casino police station on charges of intentional arson and will appear before the casino District Court on October 3.
