Perth Voice Interactive

POLICE reckon they’ve caught the pair who started a small bushfire in Coolbinia on January 4, but won’t lay charges as they’re two boys, aged eight and nine.

While too young to face prosecution the pair will be referred to a juvenile program run by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

The fire started around noon near the Coolbinia primary and Sir David Brand schools, beside Glick Road (Voice, January 20, 2015).

Locals were evacuated and Bradford Street closed as 11 fire trucks and four water bomber helicopters arrived on the scene. It took around an hour to extinguish the blaze.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK