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And the boys light up

FIRES dotted Berwick over the weekend.
Three fires were lit in quick succession within a kilometre of each other after 10.25pm on Saturday 7 May.
A playground, residential rubbish bin and a construction site skip were targeted in the spate of fires.
The first blaze was lit at a playground on Moondarra Drive, Berwick and CFA attended and extinguished the fire.
Marsh Grove also in Berwick – a minute away from the first fire – was targeted next.
A piece of paper set on fire was placed in a residential rubbish bin on the nature strip.
The final fire was lit at a home under construction in Lemongrove Way.
A skip on the site was set alight.
The fires were all lit within 90 minutes.

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