
Perth Fire: Teen Arrested After Blaze Engulfs Former Primary School
A massive overnight fire at the derelict Balhousie Primary School rocked the Perth community, with eyewitnesses describing the flames as a “tornado of fire and smoke.” A teenager has been arrested following a dramatic fire that tore through the old Balhousie Primary School in Perth just after midnight on Sunday. The 18-year-old is suspected of deliberately starting the blaze that sent orange smoke spiralling into the night sky and forced nearby families to evacuate their homes. The building, long out of use but still a familiar fixture to locals, quickly became the epicentre of chaos. Emergency services raced to the…