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Police investigate ‘suspicious’ second fire at Sydney childcare centre chain in four days

Jordyn Beazley

created: July 14, 2025, 3 a.m. | updated: July 14, 2025, 6:38 a.m.

New South Wales police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a second childcare centre in Sydney, after two fires struck the same chain in four days. Police alleged more than one person was responsible for a Monday morning fire at the Play to Learn centre childcare centre in Castle Hill in Sydney’s north-west. It comes after an earlier suspicious fire at a Play to Learn childcare centre in Turramurra, on Sydney’s upper north shore, on Friday. Moore said the Castle Hill centre would remain closed for a few hours while police conducted investigations. “I am heartbroken to learn of another senseless attack on our new Castle Hill centre at 1:30am, but gravely relieved that no one was harmed,” she said.

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