Central Goldfields Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a series of fires in the Goldfields area last year.
Emergency services were called to two suspicious fires in McIntyre and Cochranes Creek on 12 and 20 December 2025.
Police will allege a further two fires were deliberately lit near O'Briens Dam and Rheola-Bealiba roads, Wehla, about 7.30pm on 4 January.
At the time, the four fires were quickly extinguished, and no one was injured.
Detectives executed a search warrant at an address in the Moliagul area yesterday, where they arrested a 28-year-old male at the property.
He has since been charged with four counts of recklessly lighting a wildfire and one count of conduct endanger life.
The man has been remanded to appear before Bendigo Magistrates' Court today (Friday 6 February).
