1.   Years of drought and sparks from poorly maintained electricity cables are to blame for some fires, but many have been started by arsonists.

2.   Doors and windows have been bricked up to prevent access to the empty properties, but arsonists have now started smashing the breeze-blocks.

3.   A fire reportedly started by arsonists destroyed a home and damaged another but no one was hurt.

4.   He said that the blaze started in different places at the same time and speculated that some could have been started by arsonists.

5.   In the past, some brush fires were started by arsonists seeking to clear land for construction.

6.   Investigators believe a fire which killed a mother and five of her children may have been started by arsonists, Dutch television reported Thursday.

7.   Investigators believe the fire, which killed a mother and five of her children, was started by arsonists.

8.   Meanwhile police have confirmed that arsonists started a fire which razed the French consulate in the western city of Perth before dawn on Saturday.

9.   On Sunday, suspected arsonists started five blazes south of Sydney.

10.   Some blazes have been started by arsonists trying to avoid conservation regulations and clear land for construction.