Police make arrest – Glen Forrest fire

Strike Force Vulcan detectives have charged a woman in relation to lighting fires in Glen Forrest on Friday, 6 December 2019.

It is alleged about 7.20am, the woman lit a fire at the base a tree located on a heavily wooded area of Burkinshaw Road, before walking away.

A short time later the woman lit two small fires on M J Morgan Reserve on Railway Parade. The fires were extinguished at the woman taken into custody at the scene.

A 46-year-old woman from Midland has been charged with:

• Three counts of Lighting or Attempting to Light a Fire Likely to Injure or Damage.

She is due to appear before the Midland Magistrates Court on 17 December 2019.

This offence carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.

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