The blaze was so powerful the building’s brick facade crumbled onto the street below and the radiant heat melted parked cars and windows in neighbouring high-rises.
Two 13-year-old boys have been charged after a fire spread and consumed an abandoned building in Surry Hills in the centre of Sydney.
Two teenagers have been ordered to attend court over the blaze in a derelict Surry Hills factory in late May.The blaze was so powerful the building’s brick facade crumbled onto the street below and the radiant heat melted windows in parked cars and neighbouring high-rises. One of the boys was also charged with shoplifting from an Elizabeth Street grocery store on the same day as the fire.The charges were delivered by NSW Police’s Strike Force Strontium, comprised of detectives from the arson and financial crimes squads and FRNSW’s investigation unit.Two teenagers approached police one day after the fire and multiple high-school aged children were spoken to in the aftermath of the blaze.
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