An exploding rocket started a fire that quickly burned through five hectares at Kyneton on March 30, triggering a number of community warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of Monash University students were conducting an experiment with rocket engines when the grassfire took hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency services were called to the scene at a property on Baynton Road about 2.40pm and quickly contained the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winds at the time were gusting to 24 km\/h and the terrain was dry on the edge of a plantation. The students had no firefighting equipment with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police officers arrested a 22-year-old Mornington man and a 23-year-old Oakleigh South man at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were interviewed and released pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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