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Four charged over suspected arson attack on home with family inside
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ABC Australia fire coverage reports: Four individuals, comprising two men and two women, have been charged in relation to a fire that occurred at a house in south-west Victoria, where a father and his children were present at the time of the incident, according to ABC Australia.
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Four charged over suspected arson attack on home with family inside
ABC Australia fire coverage reports: Four individuals, comprising two men and two women, have been charged in relation to a fire that occurred at a house in south-west Victoria, where a father and his children were present at the time of the incident, according to ABC Australia.
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