A 41-year-old man has been charged following a collection of suspicious fires all through central Perth and Kings Park.
The newest blaze was lit yesterday close to Jacobs Ladder on Cliff Road within the metropolis’s west.
The person allegedly set alight vegetation midway up the staircase earlier than the fireplace quickly unfold, coming dangerously near an house advanced.
He has additionally been charged with intentionally lighting 4 separate fires throughout Kings Park final week.
Police allege on October 24, the person set hearth to lengthy grass on the verge adjoining to a nursing house on Williams Highway in Nedlands.
The person later allegedly set hearth to bushland 3 times within the Kings Park Botanical Gardens.
Police mentioned they arrested a person with no fastened handle opposite Jacobs Ladder close to Mounts Bay Highway.
He has been charged with 5 counts of wilfully mild or trigger to be lit a hearth more likely to Injure or Harm.
Every offence carries a most penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment.
He is because of seem earlier than the Perth Magistrates Court docket in the present day.