Australian man lit bushfires with children in the car, police allege

A former volunteer firefighter stands accused of sparking two bushfires in Australia about four kilometres apart while he had two young children with him. Authorities allege the fires, lit on Dargavilles Road near Nabiac, New South Wales, during Sunday’s heatwave, were extinguished before completely taking hold after witnesses saw the man’s white van leave the scene moments before smoke began to pour skyward.