Fires had ‘catastrophic’ potential

A man who lit three bushfires west of Merbein on a scorching summer's day has been jailed. Picture: File
Allan Murphy

A MAN who lit three bushfires on a scorching summer’s day near Merbein which resulted in a potentially “catastrophic” outcome has been jailed. The County Court sitting at Mildura heard 26-year-old Tasman Blackman knew the fires he lit in February this year were dangerous and wrong and had the potential to kill himself or others. […]

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