Search for firebug after Russell Island fires

By Cheryl Goodenough and Brian Williams
Updated February 13 2017 - 6:01pm, first published 6:00pm
SMOULDERING FIRES: Russell Island resident Sharon Keegan said she saw a man leave the scene of last week's fires on a trail bike. Photo: Cheryl Goodenough
SMOULDERING FIRES: Russell Island resident Sharon Keegan said she saw a man leave the scene of last week's fires on a trail bike. Photo: Cheryl Goodenough

AN investigation into fires on Russell Island last week has been taken over by police, amid residents’ concerns that blazes were deliberately lit.