Batemans Bay detectives have charged a man after a fire began in the Deua River Valley on Boxing Day.
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A police spokesman said a 71-year-old man, from the Deua area, was charged at 5pm on Friday, December 27, with lighting a fire for land clearance or a fire break without a permit or giving notice and with permitting a fire to escape and cause damage.
Police said emergency services were called just before noon on Thursday, December 26, to a property in Araluen Road, about 18km north west of Moruya, following reports of a fire.
Following inquiries, officers from South Coast Police District attended the property at about 11.30am the following day.
The man was arrested and taken to Moruya Police Station.
His arrest was alleged to be in relation to a fire burning in the Wandera State Forest, which borders the Deua National Park, north-west of Moruya on the Far South Coast.
The man was charged under the Rural Fires Act and granted bail to appear at Moruya Local Court on January 10, 2020.
