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Campers who lit fire which set half of heritage-listed Fraser Island on fire receive fines
Two men have admitted they were responsible for an illegal campfire, which sparked a devastating inferno on Queensland’s Fraser Island.
But Liam Cheshire and Dominic McGahan have escaped a criminal conviction and instead were slapped with a fine.
The pair did not appear in person but entered written guilty pleas in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Thursday.
They were among four men and a teenager camping on the World Heritage-listed island’s Eastern Beach on October 14.
They started a…
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