NSW: Up to ten stores damaged in shopping centre blaze

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2005
NSW: Up to ten stores damaged in shopping centre blaze

Business operators at Sydney's Village Way shopping centre say they're utterly devastated
.. after a fire destroyed up to 10 stores overnight.

Investigators are examining the damage to Wattle Grove Plaza .. in the city's south-west
.. to establish whether the fire was caused by arson or followed an attempted ram-raid.

Up to 40 fire fighters worked for over two hours from 2 am (AEDT) to contain the blaze.

The fire's believed to have started in a video store .. where a car was found after
being driven through the centre's front doors.

The fire brigade says about 50 per cent of the shopping centre has been damaged.

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