WA police have charged an 18-year-old man over fires they say he lit, reported, then battled. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)
An 18-year-old man lit a string of bushfires north of Perth and then returned to help fight them, Western Australian police allege.
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The teen has been charged with three counts of wilfully lighting a fire likely to injure or cause damage.
He is accused of throwing lit matches into scrub along Beermullah Road at Gingin on November 29 and 30.
Police allege the man then notified the local bushfire brigade and assisted in fighting the fires with his own ute fitted with a water tank.
He is expected to appear before Joondalup Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Australian Associated Press
