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Old Sunshine College ablaze again

25/07/2022

The old Sunshine College, Ardeer Campus. (Damjan Janevski)

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Firefighters and police attended what appears to be another suspicious fire at the old Sunshine College Ardeer campus in Sunshine West on Saturday. More than 30 firefighters attended the fire on Glengala Road just after 3pm, finding a building approximately 20 x 15 metres in size, well alight. A community advice message was issued for smoke in the area at the time of the fire. The fire is the latest in a number at the site, including one on July 20.

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