Shopping centre fire arrest

Police have charged a 13-year-old boy over a huge fire that gutted a north Queensland shopping complex. The fire gutted four shopping outlets in Mackay, including most of the Toys R Us, Clark Rubber and Autobarn stores. Emergency services received reports of the fire at Greenfield Blvd, Mackay about 11.45am (AEST) on Saturday and it took more than three hours for the blaze to be contained. Police invoked the public safety act, which allows them to force people in the surrounding areas to evacuat

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