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= 28th January 2025 =
=== AU Firebombing #218, Stanthorpe, Queensland - [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-28/stanthorpe-tobacco-shop-burnt-two-fires-suspicious/104866852 Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
A Stanthorpe tobacco shop was destroyed in a fire early this morning. 
It was the second suspicious fire at the premises in 48 hours and spread to nearby businesses.
Police are investigating and believe both incidents are linked.
= 5th April 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing (Missed Earlier) #217, Gippsland, Victoria - [https://archive.is/zqHoa Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Rebels bikies Matthew Savage and Jahmahl Pearson jailed over illicit Gippsland tobacco fires 
Two Rebels bikies have been jailed after driving five hours across Victoria to set a Gippsland smoke shop alight in what was one of the most remote incidents in the state’s ongoing tobacco war.
= 25th January 2025 =
=== AU Firebombing #216, Nerang, Queensland - [https://www.hottomato.com.au/gold-coast/breaking-fire-crews-battle-blaze-in-gold-coast-tobacco-store/ Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Fire crews have been battling a blaze in a Nerang tobacco store. 
The fire broke out in the business on Price St at around 4.30am on Friday with smoke and flames seen coming from the store.
= 18th January 2025 =
=== AU Firebombing #215, Beenleigh, Queensland - [https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/police-treating-tobacconist-fire-south-of-brisbane-as-suspicious-20250118-p5l5ej.html Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Police are treating a fire at a Beenleigh tobacconist in the early hours of Saturday morning as suspicious, following a string of arson attacks across Brisbane and fears of a growing tobacco turf war. 
Emergency crews were called to Uncle Billy’s Tobacconist on City Road in Beenleigh, near Logan, around 4.30am.
They arrived to find the business fully engulfed.
= 15th January 2025 =
=== AU Firebombing #214, Prahran, Victoria - [https://archive.is/hW4wy Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Suspicious fire tears through Better Choice Gifts and Smoke Shop at Chapel St, Prahran 
Police are investigating a blaze that caused extensive damage to a smoke shop in Melbourne’s southeast in what appears to be the latest attack in Melbourne’s raging tobacco wars.
= 9th January 2025 =
=== AU Firebombing #213, Springvale, Victoria - [https://www.sheppnews.com.au/national/insurance-threat-issued-to-landlords-amid-tobacco-war/ Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
''Police have warned shop landlords as they investigate two more arsons on Melbourne tobacco stores.'' 
Insurance threat issued to landlords amid tobacco war. 
= 5th December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing Adjustment #212, Queensland - [https://archive.is/PQixg Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Due to the rampant nature and escalation of the tobacco and vape wars fires some incidents may not of been reported or previously missed. A recent QLD article upgraded the information. 
= 31st December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing #206 Eagleby, Queensland - [https://archive.is/R4vFU Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Another tobacconist has been targeted in an early-morning arson attack, this time in the Logan suburb of Eagleby.
Police were called to the business on River Hills Road about 3.30am on Tuesday after reports two men in dark clothing were trying to break in.
Failing to gain entry at either the back or front, the pair allegedly set fire to items at the front of the store.
= 30th December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing #205 Melton, Victoria - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFgY0sxTcM&t=30s Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Police are hunting an arsonist after a firebombing attack on a shop in Melton this morning.  The blaze broke out at a business on High St inside a shooping centre around 3am.  Nobody was injured in the fire.
= 26th December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing #204 Coolaroo, Victoria - [https://www.tiktok.com/@australiaturkishnews/video/7452802099227675911 Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
A large fire broke out in Cooloroo, Melbourne, Australia this morning.
A fire broke out at the Nargile Cafe located at Pascoe Vale Road, Reservoir Drive, Coolaroo.
Firefighters brought the fire under control before it spread to other businesses.
= 26th December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing #203 Fortitude Valley, Queensland- [https://amp.abc.net.au/article/104763532 Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
A manhunt is underway after an alleged firebombing and assault at a Brisbane tobacco store on Thursday morning.
Police allege about 3:30am a man entered a business on Wickham Street in Fortitude Valley and shortly after an "altercation occurred".
= 24th December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing #202 Flemington, Victoria - [https://archive.is/AWw2k Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Firebugs have targeted two businesses early on Christmas Eve in what appears to be yet another attack in Melbourne’s ongoing tobacco wars.
= 24th December 2024 =
=== AU Firebombing #201 Norlane, Victoria - [https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/norlane-tobacco-shop-engulfed-in-flames/video/a152c1a2d606f1bca8d11594590873a5 Link to news article] [[ALIVE Advocacy Movement|Alive Advocacy]] ===
Police are investigating a suspicious fire which engulfed a tobacco shop in Norlane on Tuesday morning.


= 12th December 2024 =
= 12th December 2024 =
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