A 59-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a major fire which destroyed an office in Bankstown in the early hours of this morning.
Police and firefighters remain at the scene of the blaze that broke out in an office on the first floor of the Bankstown City Plaza shortly after 3am this morning.
“Officers from Fire and Rescue NSW attended and have been working to extinguish the blaze; however, the office has been destroyed with adjoining businesses sustaining smoke and water damage,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“Acting on information provided, officers from Bankstown Police Area Command went to a home in Bowden Boulevarde at Yagoona about 4am and arrested a 59-year-old man.
“The man has been taken to Bankstown Police Station and inquiries are continuing.”
Bankstown City Plaza is closed between North and South Terraces, and buses are being diverted. Trains are not impacted. Check www.transportnsw.info for further traffic updates.
