{"id":552342,"date":"2026-01-29T20:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/552342\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:28:13","slug":"essendon-north-beauty-salon-firebombed-for-second-time-in-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/552342\/","title":{"rendered":"Essendon North beauty salon firebombed for second time in two days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A beauty salon in Essendon North has been set alight by arsonists twice in two days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">About 100 residents were again forced to evacuate their multi-storey apartment building after Aura Skin on Keilor Road was rammed by a white four-wheel-drive ute and set alight around 2am on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the offenders used a liquid to start a fire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A red jerry can lies on the ground next to a wooden door with a black scorch mark beside damaged glass panels.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e9ea313f73071ebfaeacb49b408d55bf.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The vehicle rammed the makeshift plywood door that had been installed after Thursday morning&#8217;s attack. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and firefighters stand near fire trucks parked on a road beside a multi-storey building at night.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/89d7515467168477d98ec153e03b26d4.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police and firefighters were called to Keilor Road in Essendon North around 2am on Friday. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The salon&#8217;s sprinkler system doused the flames, stopping them from spreading through the building, but police said the incident has caused further damage to the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The offenders fled in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The ute had been driven through a plywood door that had been installed after the salon was firebombed around 3am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Residents also had to evacuate during that incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A large group of people stand on a footpath at night.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9d319036b0d4f21cdec10e8a8aa31b36.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">About 100 residents had to evacuate their Keilor Road apartments in the early hours of the morning for a second day in a row in Essendon North. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police are treating both incidents as &#8220;targeted, linked attacks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Aura Skin offers beauty services such as eyebrow waxing and threading, laser hair removal and skin treatments.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A grey four wheel drive sits among broken glass half inside a business at night.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a8559ef459d56f4743887cb2b8b1c976.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The same address was rammed in July 2025. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Last year, the business \u2014 which was operating under a different name \u2014 was also set alight after being rammed by a vehicle that had been spray-painted with words demanding a payment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police are urging any witnesses or anyone with information or vision of the incident to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimestoppers.com.au\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beauty salon in Essendon North has been set alight by arsonists twice in two days. 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