At Least 24 People Charged With Arson for Australia Wildfires

Police in Australia have arrested and charged two dozen people they say deliberately lit blazes during the wildfire season that has so far killed at least 18 people, destroyed thousands of homes and ravaged over 10 million acres of land. Source

Some reports state that roughly 200 people have been charged with "fire-related offenses" (Source), while other reports state social media analysis determines bot and troll accounts are responsible for spreading this "disinformation" (Source).

Unseasonably high temperatures and drought over the last three months have contributed to the conditions that have allowed the fires to proliferate.

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