How many bushfires in australia are lit by arsonists?

Question

i need to no roughly

like say 9/10

thanks

Answer 1

3

Answer 2

Probably very few.  Fire is a natural part of the ecology and forests are adapted to the point where periodic fires are essential to their renewal.  Most forest fires and bushfires are ignited by lightning.

Answer 3

I don't think anyone knows.  Even those accidentally started by campers etc are not neccesarily lit by arsonists.  A lot are caused by very dry tinder like grass due to heat and sometimes years of sun and no rain, then all it takes is a bolt of lightening, or a piece of broken glass in the sun.

I think that when the authorities cannot explain the start of a fire, "arsonist" is the easy answer.

My opinion is that perhaps it is in reality no more that 3/10 which is still 3/10 too many.