Two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly starting a fire in Adelaide, as the city remains under threat from one of the most destructive bushfires to hit South Australia in more than a decade.
The two boys were picked up by police after a member of the public reported seeing smoke just after 9.30pm at a reserve at Modbury in Adelaide's inner north-east.
A small fire was discovered inside a storm water drain and extinguished.
The two 15-year-old boys from Para Hills West and Modbury were arrested and charged with lighting or maintaining a fire in the open in fire danger season.
The arrests come as firefighters race to try to contain an out of control fire on Adelaide's northeastern fringe which has been burning since Friday, and has so far destroyed or badly damaged at least 26 homes.
Both boys have been bailed to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on February 6.
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