{"id":63334,"date":"2025-07-13T22:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/63334\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T22:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T22:37:12","slug":"play-to-learn-childcare-centre-in-castle-hill-torched-three-days-after-suspicious-blaze-in-turramurra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/63334\/","title":{"rendered":"Play to Learn childcare centre in Castle Hill torched three days after suspicious blaze in Turramurra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A Sydney childcare chain has been targeted with a second suspicious fire in four days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Detectives are looking into whether a blaze at Play to Learn&#8217;s facility in Castle Hill in the early hours of Monday morning is linked to a fire at the company&#8217;s centre in Turramurra on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">NSW Police said officers responded to reports of a fire on Excelsior Avenue, Castle Hill just after midnight on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police behind police tape at a fire in Castle Hill \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3c4a4d35792c6a76811e9208c1fd4092\" 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 at the scene of the fire at Learn to Play in Castle Hill on Monday. (ABC News: Liam Patrick)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;NSW Fire and Rescue are on scene and have extinguished the blaze. There has been minor damage caused to the building,&#8221; NSW Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Officers attached to The Hills Police Area Command have established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It comes after emergency services responded to similar reports of a fire breaking out at the Play to Learn childcare centre in Turramurra on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Burnt item in front of burnt-out at scene of suspicious fire at Turramurra childcare centre \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5af97f3e9e6b710c0265f6cfc436dae1\" 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 doorway of the Turramurra childcare centre was damaged on Friday. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police last week said a small fire at the business on the Pacific Highway about 4:25am caused minor damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said a group of masked men were seen on CCTV entering the building, pouring and accelerant before setting it alight and fleeing last Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The chain has a third centre in Toukley, on the Central Coast, which opened last year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fire authorities investigate suspicious fire in dark, burnt out doorway of Turramurra childcare centre\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/98f87eff56e01d38797b28d2d45bc56b\" 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\">Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire at a Turramurra childcare centre on Friday. (ABC News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sydney childcare chain has been targeted with a second suspicious fire in four days. 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