newy.com.au – A 27-year-old woman has been charged over a series of allegedly deliberate fires in Wallsend on Wednesday night, including a blaze in a public carpark that damaged three vehicles.
Police said they were called to several locations between 6.40pm and 9.30pm on 11 November following reports of fires being deliberately lit.
The first fire was allegedly lit under a car parked on Robert Street. A short time later, a pile of items was allegedly set alight on Nelson Street.
About 9pm, a fire was allegedly lit behind several parked cars in a public carpark on Cowper Street. Three vehicles were damaged in that blaze. Police alleged another fire was lit near a fourth vehicle in the same carpark.
Police also alleged an attempt was made to set fire to a timber pallet on Tyrell Street a short time later. About 9.30pm, a fire was allegedly lit at a commercial skip bin on Robert Street.
Newcastle City Police District officers responded alongside Fire and Rescue NSW crews, who extinguished the blazes.
Following inquiries, police arrested the woman on Kemp Street, Wallsend, about 11.20pm. She was taken to Newcastle Police Station and charged with six counts of damaging property by fire or explosion.
She was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 2 on Thursday, 12 November 2026.
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