Lake Munmorah: arsonists set fire to nature strip
Police are hunting alleged arsonists who set fire to a nature strip at Lake Munmorah in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Police are appealing for public help following a deliberately lit fire at Lake Munmorah.
About 12.30am on Sunday emergency services were called to a nature strip on Anita Ave where a small grass fire had broken out.
Rural Fire Service crews extinguished the blaze a short time later and no properties were damaged.
Tuggerah Lakes detectives are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area around that time or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage is urged to contact Wyong Police Station on 4356 6099.
It comes after reports of a man setting grass on fire at a property on Coachwood Drive at Matcham earlier today.
The fire was briefly listed on the RFS `Fires Near Me’ app as being out-of-control however the incident has since been deleted from the interactive map.
Police are also continuing to investigate a deliberately lit fire which tore through 400ha of bush at Charmhaven on New Year’s Eve.
Police have identified a number of “persons of interest” but charges have not yet been laid.