Arsonists add to disaster  By Greg Ansley  Youths charged with
setting fires as flames ravage tinder-dry nation.  Arsonists are
exacting their toll as Australia's bushfire crisis again
deepens, with temperatures to soar to the low-40s in many
eastern regions and no relief expected until at least next week.
Despite special police task forces, surveillance of known
arsonists and warnings of penalties as severe as 25 years' jail,
youths have been arrested after allegedly setting fires in
tinder-dry grassland.  Other outbreaks, including fires that
consumed hundreds of hectares, are being investigated as
possible arson. Heavy fines have also been imposed on people
ignoring total fire bans or starting outbreaks with sparks from
tools such as angle grinders.  New South Wales Rural Fire
Service Deputy Commissioner Bob Rogers warned of the potential
consequences of arson as firefighters battle against about 100
firestorms, 18 of them still to be contained late yesterday.
"There are enough fires that start from eith