Retained NSW Fire and Rescue firefighter pleads guilty to role in 2017 Kurri Kurri bushfires

By Sam Rigney
Updated March 12 2019 - 7:08am, first published March 11 2019 - 5:30pm
GUILTY: Residents keep a watch on a blaze in "extreme" weather conditions on January 18, 2017, and, inset, retained firefighter Joshua Lambkin, who pleaded guilty on Monday to his role in his brother's fires.
GUILTY: Residents keep a watch on a blaze in "extreme" weather conditions on January 18, 2017, and, inset, retained firefighter Joshua Lambkin, who pleaded guilty on Monday to his role in his brother's fires.

A RETAINED NSW Fire and Rescue firefighter encouraged his younger brother to light four bushfires at Kurri Kurri on two of the hottest days of 2017 so that he could get paid to extinguish them.  

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