Man faces court accused of lighting dangerous bushfire south of Darwin

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The 24-year-old is accused of lighting a blaze near Adelaide River as emergency services battled catastrophic conditions and multiple fires across the Top End last week.

Firefighters managed to save the house, but several vehicles on the property were destroyed.

"We had five fixed-wing waterbombers attached to that fire as well as observation helicopters," Mr Fischer said.He was not required to enter a plea.Bushfires NT responded to 32 fires in seven days last week. catastrophic levels seen in the Top End last week"People shouldn't be lighting fires full stop, unless they're authorised to do so," said Mr Fischer.

"They are putting not only the community at risk, but firefighters, staff and aerial contractors having to attend unnecessary fires.""It was a very long week, seven days of continuous fire weather … it was a very busy period, lots of hours put in in quite difficult, horrendous and unsafe conditions," Mr Fischer said.

 

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No it was ClimateJesus. To punish us for our climate sins.

...they (Greenies) have started playing with matches early this year....

Jail time.

Man made change of climate.

Just tell them that climate change started it. Worked last summer

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