At least 84 killed in Australia fires

Police Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said there was no doubt that arsonists were behind some of the fires.

“Some of these fires have started in localities that could only be by hand, it could not be natural causes,” he said.

Police have warned that arsonists could face murder charges.

The government’s Australian Institute of Criminology released a report last week which said half the country’s 20,000 to 30,000 bushfires each year are deliberate.

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