Qld: Sports club blaze deliberately lit , says QFRS

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2006
Qld: Sports club blaze deliberately lit , says QFRS

BRISBANE, Feb 21 AAP - Authorities suspect a blaze that damaged a Brisbane sports complex
overnight was deliberately lit.

Part of the roof collapsed at the Annerley sports club at Victoria Street in Greenslopes
in Brisbane's south after the fire broke out about 4.30am (AEST) today, a Queensland Fire
and Rescue Service spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said three crews had contained the blaze by about 5am (AEST) but not
before it was "significantly damaged".

"Fire investigators have been out there and suspect arson," she said.

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