About 70 cars were set on fire in northern Brisbane by a minor bushfire.
Strong winds blew the fire into Pickles Auctions car yard. The fire is seen as suspicious and Queensland fire and emergency services superintendent Wayne Halverson suspects the fire was deliberately lit.
“There were about 70 cars involves, that does sound quite serious but there are 1750 cars actually parked inside the premises,” Halverson confirms.
Halverson says the exact cause is unknown, but it must have been deliberate as there are no dry lightning strikes at the moment.
A firefighter was taken to hospital with heat exhaustion.
The fire did not destroy the several properties close to the car yard as the wind direction blew away from the houses.
“At least we didn’t have humans to worry about in the car park,” Halverson says.
Police will investigate what or who caused the blaze.
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