Two men have been arrested and charged with deliberately lighting fires that sparked a dozen blazes in Queensland's Western Downs earlier this year.
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Financial and Cyber Crime Group officers arrested a 48-year-old and a 23-year-old on Friday in relation to a series of bushfires on January 29 and 30 in Kogan, Hopeland, Crossroads and Wieambilla, west of Brisbane.
The blazes destroyed a house, two sheds and a large area of bushland.
The 48-year-old Wieambilla man has been charged with seven counts of setting fire to vegetation and one count of arson.
The 23-year-old, also from Wieambilla, was charged with nine counts of setting fire to vegetation and one count of arson.
Both men were denied bail and will appear before the Dalby Magistrates Court on Monday.
Police continue to investigate fires allegedly deliberately lit in bushland near Tara and Wieambilla between February and April.
More than 4600 hectares of land was destroyed in those fires along with 13 homes and a number of vehicles and buildings.
The arrests come after specialist arson detectives released a composite image of a man and a ute observed near several of the fires last week.
Australian Associated Press
