A volunteer member of the Rural Fire Service in New South Wales (NSW) has been charged for deliberately lighting over 30 grass fires during bushfire season in late 2020. NSW Police said in a media release that a 30-year-old man was arrested at a home in Whitton in the state’s south-central region just after 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 22. A search warrant was executed at the home and police seized items of interest for forensic examination. He allegedly deliberately lit more than 30 separate spot fires in the Whitton area between November 2020 and January 2021. The arrest follows an extensive investigation by detectives from Murrumbidgee Police District who established Strike Force Rummery to look into the matter. The man was taken to Griffith Police Station and charged with five counts of intentionally causing a fire and being reckless as to its spread. He was refused bail on Jan. …