Vic: Man charged over deadly Churchill bushfire =2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2009
Vic: Man charged over deadly Churchill bushfire =2

The man's appeared in Morwell magistrates Court and charged on three counts .. one
of arson causing death .. one of intentionally or recklessly causing a bushfire and one
of possessing child pornography.

He's been transferred to Melbourne for his own safety and will reappear in Melbourne
Magistrates Court next week.

The court's imposed a suppression order on all details of his identity.

The almost-36 thousand hectare Churchill fire in the Latrobe Valley region of Gippsland
remains out of control .. but is no longer posing a threat to communities in the region.

But it killed 12 people in the town of Callignee .. four in Hazelwood and one each
in Jeeralang and Koornalla.

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