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Australian man accused of starting bushfire to protect cannabis crop

Devastating bushfires have razed more than a million hectares along Australia's seaboard. [Photo: AFP]

An Australian man has been accused of deliberately lighting a fire to protect his cannabis crop, sparking an out-of-control bushfire as blazes rage along the country's east coast.

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