Posted on 01/07/2020 7:41:31 AM PST by Red Badger
(Meredith) - Two dozen people are facing charges for deliberately setting blazes in Australia during the country's devastating wildfire season.
Since early November, the New South Wales Police Force has arrested 24 people for deliberately setting bushfires. This offense can result in up to 21 years imprisonment, according to the agency.
In addition to those charged with starting fires intentionally, police have taken legal action against another 159 people for bushfire-related offenses. Among them are 52 people who allegedly did not comply with the state's fire ban and 43 people accused of discarding a lit cigarette or match on land.
Legal action can range "from cautions through to criminal charges," according to the NSW Police Force.
Authorities are still investigating the cause, origin and overall impact of the fires, many of which are still ravaging the country.
"As inquiries continue, police are appealing to the community to provide footage and/or images from phones, dashcam, or other devices, that show any of the fires in their infancy, even if only from a distance," the NSW Police Force said in a statement.
Australia's wildfires have been raging since September, months earlier than is typical for the country's annual wildfire season. So far, the blazes have killed 25 people, destroyed 2,000 homes and scorched an area twice the size of the U.S. state of Maryland.
The fires have also taken a devastating toll on the country's wildlife. Ecologists believe hundreds of millions of animals have been killed in the blazes, along with thousands of livestock.
Across New South Wales, 130 fires were still burning on Tuesday, around 50 of which were uncontrolled.
Regardless, stake them out in the path of the fires and let them experience the fruits of their labor...
All those arrests and I have yet to see a single name.
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Throw these econuts INTO the fires.
Just how do you find out who these people are? Just plain easy to light and run
Obviously they are all named ‘Climate Change’..................
I’m thinking it might be Aborigine who have been weaponized by the constant Racist talk.
When I was there in ‘95, I saw early signs that this was starting.
Probably a little bit of both. The enemy of my enemy is my friend…
zodd that, isn’t it?
Or muzzie terrorists.
How did they catch all these folks?? Sorry if that has been revealed, too lazy to read...
Zey have zere vays!.....................
That would be a safe bet, but they also helped create the situation with poor wilderness management practices, caused by their objection to any and all common sense management.
Same thing happened in California and for the same reasons...............
Cautions for Achmed and mohammad, prison time for the local blokes.
Yep, the Jusse Smellits of climate change.
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