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Council employees were working to make the area safe on Tuesday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 23, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ratepayers face a repair bill of “at least” $270,000 after vandals targeted Kingaroy’s Memorial Park and Adermann Park in recent attacks.<\/p>\n

An 18-year-old man and two youths were arrested after an incident on Friday night in which a fire was allegedly lit in the Memorial Park playground area.<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor Danita Potter said flames spread to the shade sail which then fell down, damaging other equipment.<\/p>\n

She was very angry that the whole “littlies” play area had been basically destroyed.<\/p>\n

“The whole playground area is going to be closed for at least a week until we can get some of the equipment fixed or replaced,” Cr Potter said.<\/p>\n

The latest damage followed an incident in the same playground a couple of weeks ago where a fire was allegedly lit on a playground slide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More damage is believed to have occurred in the playground on Monday night, although the extent of this is still being assessed.<\/p>\n

Council employees were busy in Memorial Park on Tuesday morning working to make the area safe.<\/p>\n

Some damaged play equipment and soft fall had been removed and fine woodchip spread across the cleared area.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old has been charged with two counts of wilful damage in relation to incidents at Memorial Park on June 30 and July 19.<\/p>\n

A police spokesperson said two youths had also been dealt with under the Youth Justice Act in relation to these incidents, as well as alleged damage at Adermann Park on July 17.<\/p>\n

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Council equipment in Memorial Park on Tuesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some play equipment in the area has been removed and other pieces cordoned off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FLASHBACK:\u00a0 Fire damage to a slide in the Memorial Park playground on June 30 (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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