Police investigating suspicious fire at Geeveston

Tasmania Police is investigating a fire at a Geeveston accommodation facility and café overnight.

About 12.30am on Thursday, 20 February police and the Tasmania Fire Service were called to the property over reports a building was on fire.

Upon arrival emergency services found an adjoining building to the café well alight.

The fire was extinguished a short time later, however the building and its contents were extensively damaged, with damage expected to be in the vicinity of $80,000.

All occupants at the property were able to escape without injury.

The cause of the fire is being treated as suspicious and investigations into the matter are ongoing.

Anyone with information in relation to the incident is urged to contact Kingston CIB on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at crimestopperstas.com.au

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