{"id":878698,"date":"2026-09-03T17:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/878698\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:24:13","slug":"left-his-so-called-mate-for-dead-cop-calls-out-brutal-act-as-accused-arsonist-fights-for-life-herald-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/878698\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Left his so-called mate for dead\u2019: Cop calls out brutal act as accused arsonist fights for life &#8211; Herald Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgJBVV95cUxNRzY1RTVlVWRteFpiTlM3SFR6bC15N2doU1FMLWhfVlptcGlmQ3VsbEp6akdNT1ZIRGVjYWgzbmU3LW9qRjhrdE9CMUc2MzR5XzRpbjJQOFc2UkN5TTBXWHRsdGdUMTZ6bldFS01BQ21XOERBbWZrQUwyemhXWWJwcXZGY1J4XzNJSXE1Vkp4bTNpX3dOeGZULXpKanZHREVKWHdRYktMMDlpaXFCOEZuWXBobkV6Rm1DZmNtWjhIV09YYjVxRFk1bVJKTHRzampBZE41Zjg1UnBITDZUM3RDNm94dzBnd0hEYklGSzdjRWM2YUptYlR5dzBwLUlNQVFTT0RBR1Nn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Left his so-called mate for dead\u2019: Cop calls out brutal act as accused arsonist fights for life<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Herald Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNR0tvM2JMQTlVZjJwRnBERFg4UXdjem8xMjY0WE51LXpuTmFyTG95ZnpjRnNUand4TnA5SGxuQ003VmVLQjdHUWw1NzVnNFBtSXBoSGNTS1dTc2owUVd2SUp2QUFGUDRsSnJESmo3dWlPTzI3S21BZER1cVBDcEN5SnNPelJOOVhTNDIteVYyU3ZFNWxESk9OZ2lpejgzUWRzTlRfZ3BqTFZGcng4NjRYWW1GcWRoSDBRUjVLeWcxb1A2bDlQa2RKLU1ESHBJM19ubUZpSHBjampBaW1SeE00ZjdiVWhnSW90ajRSRDVCMmVkaFB4V3Ftbi1n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A fireball, then screams of agony: Suspected arsonist engulfed in flames, abandoned on pavement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNM2lsX1Z3LTVCa1E4SzYteGZuZll0WkI3MklkSEJyS0lNcHJxdzlfZEpIaVo5WkswOFdkRUhNMzdJWXExZTZLVnYwOGdPWWZJZ2RfYnM4WmdfSHZIT2JOeVhObVRTelJSR2JQY010YTFXaHRHNHhJVFV0NWU5QnNWaU45d3FsV0QwazJwMGRDN2hBTXlWdnZLNVpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manhunt as tobacco shop arsonist &#8216;left for dead&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;canberratimes.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBVU3hYMWFRWTRxRzNUZ1FlenduT2FiZWdZQ0dMQW5LeW1vdWswbk5Ba0R5NWRjOVdZNzN6S0tadGZueUJGYk91ZnBIU3ZESzF1UUJsdlg1MEd6Mko4RUF2b0tYaXZOYVhvRWxOUWVnR20?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Firefighters battle Melton shop fire<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fire Rescue Victoria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Left his so-called mate for dead\u2019: Cop calls out brutal act as accused arsonist fights for life&nbsp;&nbsp;Herald SunA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-878698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}