Police have charged a man in relation to eleven bush and grass fires in the Chepstowe area.
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Ballarat Crime Investigation Unit detectives have reported the fires were allegedly lit by the man between December 2021 and May 2022.
Police arrested the 28-year-old man in Chepstowe yesterday evening.
Man charged over eleven bushfires near Ballarat
The Chepstowe man has been charged with 11 counts of intentionally causing a bushfire.
He will appear before the Ballarat Magistrates' Court today.
Chepstowe and Carngham were the location of devastating bushfires in 2013 that destroyed multiple properties.
