Strike Force Vulcan officers have charged a 19-year-old man in relation to a bushfire that occurred in Kalamunda on Thursday, 1 January 2026.
It will be alleged; about 12.20am, the man threw a firecracker into dry grass in bushland located on Temby Avenue, which started a bushfire that quickly gained in intensity.
The bushfire escalated rapidly, requiring the attendance of multiple DFES firefighting crews and police resources, including the deployment of a Helitak aerial firefighting appliance to assist in extinguishment.
More than two thousand homes in the area lost power and homes and lives were threatened. The fire has consumed more than 25 hectares of native bushland and is still burning.
The 19-year-old man from Kalamunda has been charged with:
• One count of Breach of Duty
He is due to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court today, 1 January 2026.
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