NSW and Qld bushfires: boys arrested after fire allegedly lit amid warning of 'bad days' ahead

Campers evacuated as 75 fires burn in Queensland, while New South Wales prepares for worsening conditions

Three teenage boys have been arrested after a grassfire was allegedly lit in a southwest Sydney suburb, as scores of fires continued to burn across eastern Australia.

The trio, two aged 15 and one aged 16, were detained on Sunday evening in the Harrington Park area. Authorities had been alerted to a fire in the bush off the Northern Road at Harrington Park about 5.30pm by a passing motorist.

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