Pair charged with assault on Vic fireys

Two men have been charged with assaulting a pair of firefighters who attended a blaze on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Emergency services were called to a Bacchus Marsh address overnight to reports of a fire burning on a day of when there was a total fire ban.

Two occupants of the home allegedly became agressive towards the two male firefighters, who sustained minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment.

Police arrested a 22-year-old man and a 47-year-old man and on Monday charged the pair.

The younger man has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker on duty, assault, affray and making threats to kill.

He was bailed to face Bacchus Marsh Magistrates Court on March 8.

The 47-year-old man has been charged on summons with lighting a fire during a fire danger period, affray, and assaulting an emergency worker on duty.

He will face court at a later date.