A 42-year-old Kerang man has been charged by Swan Hill police, accused of lighting a grass fire on Murrabit Road five kilometres from Kerang on Thursday, January 30.

The fire was the most recent of a series of suspicious grassfires in the Gannawarra region.

Kerang Fire Brigade captain Ramon Steel said the fire was reported at 10.25pm and brought under control within five minutes of firefighters'...