{"id":363281,"date":"2025-08-04T13:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=363281"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:16:49","slug":"police-probe-tobacco-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/08\/04\/police-probe-tobacco-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Probe Tobacco Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 4, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a Fernvale tobacco store in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>About 3:00am police and emergency services were called to the Brisbane Valley Highway business after reports the building was engulfed in fire.<\/p>\n<p>The building and an adjoining business were damaged by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>A crime scene has been declared and police investigations have begun.<\/p>\n<p>Police are appealing for any information about the incident or anyone who may have seen anything suspicious or have dashcam in the area around the time of the fire to come forward.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Five people were lucky to escape injury after their vehicle struck a cow on the Bunya Highway late on Sunday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the incident, near Ferris Road at Murgon, about 12:30am.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics assessed five patients but there were no reported injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a Fernvale tobacco store in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":277550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[1706,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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