Man to appear in court over 'deliberately lit' Kurri Kurri bushfire

By Dan Proudman, Nick Bielby
Updated January 24 2017 - 11:08pm, first published 10:29pm
Fire crews battle a blaze at Kurri Kurri on Tuesday. Photo: Marina Neil
Fire crews battle a blaze at Kurri Kurri on Tuesday. Photo: Marina Neil
Luke, aged 11, watches the fires as they burn near his home. Photo: Marina Neil
Luke, aged 11, watches the fires as they burn near his home. Photo: Marina Neil
Fire crews backburn around the cemetery, near Hospital Road in Kurri. Photo: Marina Neil
Fire crews backburn around the cemetery, near Hospital Road in Kurri. Photo: Marina Neil
Fire crews at the Kurri Kurri bushfires which started along Lang Street around 11:30am today. RFS and NSW Fire Brigade crews at the Old Pelew Main Colliery off Hebburn Street. Photo: MARINA NEIL
Fire crews at the Kurri Kurri bushfires which started along Lang Street around 11:30am today. RFS and NSW Fire Brigade crews at the Old Pelew Main Colliery off Hebburn Street. Photo: MARINA NEIL

A man accused of lighting a blaze which threatened scores of his neighbours' properties on Tuesday has also been grilled over similar blazes which have been sparked within a few hundred metres of his home.

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