A blowtorch and jerrycan have been carelessly left behind after three offenders allegedly deliberately set fire to a popular Melbourne business.
Authorities were called to the Sonsa Market store in Melbourne’s inner northern suburb of Collinwood about 3am after three people smashed and lit the grocer on fire.
A shop in Melbourne's north was smashed and lit on fire overnight. Picture: NCA Newswire/David Crosling Sonsa Market is well known and loved in the local area for its range of Turkish and Mediterranean foods.Fire investigators at the scene found a jerry can used to light the blaze. Picture: NCA Newswire/David Crosling“I worry about where locals will access cultural foods now,” she said.
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