Tasmania Police has charged a third person as part of ongoing investigations into a series of separate vegetation fires in the Rocherlea and Ravenswood areas.
Launceston CIB recently charged a 33 year old Rocherlea man with four counts of unlawfully setting fire to property.
Police will allege the man deliberately lit four separate vegetation fires in bushland at Rocherlea between 3 and 13 February 2026.
This latest arrest forms part of a broader, ongoing effort to address deliberately lit fires across northern Tasmania, which has now resulted in multiple people being charged.
On 24 March, a 20 year old Ravenswood man was charged with three counts of unlawfully setting fire to property following three deliberately lit scrub fires in Ravenswood bushland between 3 and 14 March 2026.
On 6 March, a 35 year old Launceston man was charged with two counts of unlawfully setting fire to property in relation to several deliberately lit scrub fires in the Cataract Gorge.
These charges follow coordinated work by a multi agency taskforce comprising Tasmania Police, the Tasmania Fire Service, the Environment Protection Authority, and the City of Launceston Council.
The Rocherlea man will appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court on 15 July, 2026.