Overview
- The 19-year-old has been charged with breach of duty and is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.
- Police allege he threw a firecracker into dry grass on Temby Avenue just after midnight on New Year’s Day, igniting the bushfire.
- Firefighters have the blaze contained within fire breaks, with Emergency WA listing a watch-and-act alert and an evacuation centre open at High Wycombe.
- About 25 hectares burned near Perth Airport as more than 160 firefighters and aerial support held the fire back from homes, with no houses lost but some structures damaged.
- Power outages were reported across the area, with counts ranging from roughly 800 to more than 2,000 properties.