Ballarat Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man in relation to 11 allegedly deliberately lit bush and grass fires in the Chepstowe area.
Police say the fires were allegedly lit by the man between December 2021 and May 2022.
Officers arrested the 28-year-old man in Chepstowe yesterday evening.
The Chepstowe man has been charged with 11 counts of intentionally causing a bushfire.
He will appear before the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court today.
