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Hunt for firebugs

Police are calling for help following a suspicious fire in Burnside Heights.

It is believed three teenagers set fire to an abandoned mattress in the Burnside Heights Recreation Reserve, just off Cunningham Chase, about 7pm on December 27.

The fire spread through nearby grassland before being extinguished by the CFA. No property was directly damaged during the fire.

Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000

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