SYDNEY, May 30 (NNN-AAP) – Two men have been hospitalised with severe burns, after an arson attack on a business in Brisbane, Australia.
The two men, aged 47 and 54, were seriously injured, when the business in the southern Brisbane suburb of Browns Plains was engulfed in fire, around 12:15 am, early today.
The police service in the state of Queensland said in a statement that, emergency services arrived at the scene and found the two men fleeing the property with severe burns.
Police were told that a separate group of unknown males had entered the premises and poured a substance inside before setting it on fire.
The two men who suffered burns were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Nine Network television reported that, the business was a tobacco store and that the two men were sleeping in the premises to protect it.
The Queensland Police Service said that, a crime scene has been established at the premises and investigations into the fire have begun.– NNN-AAP
