Police have charged another boy following a fire in the state’s Central West last weekend, NSW Police say.
On Saturday 11 February 2017, emergency services were called to an industrial area on William Street, Orange, following reports of a fire during a total fire ban.
Emergency services attended and several businesses were affected.
yesterday an 11-year-old boy was interviewed at Orange Police Station and later charged with maliciously destroying or damaging property under the Crimes Act, cause or set fire to the property of another, or Crown, fail to comply with direction of the minister and destroy property in company use fire.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on Monday 3 April 2017.
Two other boys aged 14 and 11 years of age have also been spoken to by investigators but released pending further inquiries.
Two boys aged 12 and 13-years-old have already been charged in relation to this matter.
