{"id":120257,"date":"2015-09-13T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T02:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=120257"},"modified":"2020-11-17T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T00:42:11","slug":"investigators-to-probe-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/09\/13\/investigators-to-probe-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators To Probe Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120259\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-120259\" title=\"20150913 Recycling fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intensity of the fire buckled the roof and rear walls of the building and melted a downpipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 13, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police forensic officers have been called in to determine the cause of a fire which badly damaged a shed in River Road, Kingaroy, in the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police and firefighters were called to Kingaroy Scrap Metal Recycling at 4:22am after reports that flames were coming from the side of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Kingaroy Station Officer Bruce Groer said initially two fire appliances attended but this was quickly upgraded to five appliances &#8211; a total of 18 firefighters &#8211; because of the extent of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>He said the fire was centred inside the shed, with most of the damage at the rear and in the roof.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters using breathing apparatus entered the building from the front and side carrying hoses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were able to contain the fire within shed. A couple of areas were badly damaged but they probably saved a half to to two-thirds of the it,&#8221;\u00a0 Officer Groer said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The boys did a really good job and limited the fire from spreading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fire was under control by 5:00am and there was no damage to nearby premises.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed the fire started inside the building.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120260\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-120260\" title=\"20150913 Recycling fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police were guarding the fire site on Sunday awaiting the arrival of investigators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120258\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-120258\" title=\"20150913 Recycling fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire4-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parts of the interior of the building suffered water damage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120261\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-120261\" title=\"20150913 Recycling fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150913fire3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite the intensity of the flames, fire fighters stopped the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings or goods stored in the rear year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police forensic officers have been called in to determine the cause of a fire which badly damaged a shed in River Road, Kingaroy, in the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":120259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[90,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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