Man arrested over Fulham house fire
Where: Weetunga Street, Fulham, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man has been arrested following investigations into a house fire at Fulham earlier this year.
Just after 12.30am on Monday 11 May, police and fire crews were called to a house fire at a heritage-listed property on Weetunga Street, Fulham.
SA Metropolitan Fire Service fire fighters extinguished the blaze, however the building sustained substantial damage.
Fortunately, no one was home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries.
Fire Cause Investigators attended the scene and determined the fire had been deliberately lit.
Detectives from Serious and Organised Crime Branch have been investigating the incident and, on Monday 26 October, arrested a 40-year-old Spalding man. He has been charged with serious criminal trespass and arson.
The man was refused police bail and will appear in the Murray Bridge Magistrates Court on Tuesday 27 October.
Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or free call 1800 333 000. Information can be provided anonymously. Please quote reference 124043.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Charles Sturt council area
Charles Sturt is a council area in South Australia with about 130,841 residents. It has a Crime Score 61 out of 100 (high), 118th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (62nd percentile), break-ins (72nd percentile), homicide (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 63.
- Violent
- 1,165 per 100k
- Property
- 6,093 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 783 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,822 per 100k
See the full Charles Sturt crime profile
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