Season 10

A comprehensive fire ban is in place. A frustrated PJ is seduced by Jo one night, while in the adjoining room Ben sinks deeper into drunkenness. Later, as Jo and PJ lie awake, they detect smoke and realize the house is ablaze. After rescuing Ben, they escape. While they recover at the hospital, Jonesy arrives and informs them that all their belongings are destroyed. Ben claims an intruder knocked him out, so an arson squad is called. Meanwhile, Tess and Jonesy clash over her new marriage to Dr. Carmichael. At the remains of their house, PJ finds a photo frame with Maggie in it, pockets it, and doesn’t tell Jo. The arson squad discovers it wasn’t arson but a single candelabra — exactly what Ben had going. Another fire has broken out, possibly started from the fire at PJ's. The 'hero' who entered PJ's house after the fire, Wayne Bayliss, is considered a suspect, particularly when a driptorch and a scrapbook of news articles on fires are found at his home. The fire gets progressively worse and Jo, Be