A quick-thinking neighbour put out a fire on a nature strip in a residential Shepparton street on Sunday, January 4.
Police allege the pile of tree branches outside a Kennedy Rd house was deliberately set alight about 2.55pm.
The fire then spread to a tree above the pile of branches.
A neighbour extinguished the fire before firefighters had even arrived.
A 30-year-old Shepparton woman has been charged with arson, lighting a fire during the fire danger period, committing an indictable offence while on bail, and possessing methamphetamines.
The woman has been remanded in custody to appear in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on February 16.
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