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Two teenagers charged over Sunshine Coast fires

A firefighter battles the bushfire in Peregian Beach, Queensland

A firefighter battles the bushfire in Peregian Beach, Queensland Source: Wavell Bush Photography

A 14-year-old and 15-year-old have been charged for allegedly lighting a Sunshine Coast bushfire.


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A 14-year-old and 15-year-old have been charged for allegedly lighting a Sunshine Coast bushfire.


Two teens have been charged for allegedly lighting a bushfire that forced thousands of Sunshine Coast residents to flee their homes to escape the inferno.

Queensland Police allege several young people lit the blaze in bushland on Monday afternoon before it quickly spread towards Peregian Beach.

A 14-year-old Peregian Springs boy and a 15-year-old Coolum Beach girl have been charged with endangering particular property by fire.

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