20:21 EDT, 21 December 2020
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Four men have been charged over a campfire on Fraser Island that allegedly sparked a devastating blaze which burned through the world heritage site for six weeks.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service were alerted to an allegedly illegal campfire within the Duling camp zone of Eastern Beach, north of Orange Creek, on October 14.
Police said the rangers arrived and found a campfire that was covered in sand and radiating heat.
The out-of-control bushfire was allegedly sparked after native vegetation caught alight from the campfire, spreading to the north west of the campsite.
Pictured: An aerial view shows smoke following a massive bushfire in Australia's Fraser Island, also known by its indigenous name K'gari, on November 30