Woman charged over Adelaide bin fires

A woman has been charged with arson over a spate of fires in Adelaide targeting rubbish bins and a phone box.

The first fires in two bins were reported on North Terrace in the city early on Wednesday morning with the 35-year-old woman allegedly setting fire to a phone box nearby and then four more bins at Stepney and St Peters.

She has been charged with seven counts of arson and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday, police say.