Police are investigating a suspected arson attack which destroyed a pilates wellness centre at Erina in the early hours of Friday, March 7.
At 4am emergency services and multiple Fire and Rescue NSW and Rural Fire Service crews rushed to the Karalta Lane shopping centre at 210 Central Coast Hwy to find @pilates 24/7 well alight.
Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry said about 20 firefighters were able to contain the fire fairly quickly, preventing it from spreading to neighbouring businesses.
The fire destroyed pilates reformer equipment worth about $120,000.
Witnesses said that just before the fire they saw a vehicle that looked like a Jeep back into the pilates centre, ripping the doors off their hinges.
Later, at 4.21am firefighters from Tuggerah Rural Fire Brigade were called to a motor vehicle fire along Old Maitland Rd, Mardi.
Crews located the vehicle and got to work to extinguish the car fire which had been deliberately set alight.
A police investigation is underway to establish the connection between the pilates centre fire and the torching of the vehicle at Mardi.
Sue Murray
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