A kitchen fire has broken out at a popular Jewish deli in North Bondi that NSW Police are treating as suspicious after detectives were seen removing a jerrycan from the scene.
Emergency services were called to Curlewis Street, North Bondi, following reports of a fire at Lewis’s Continental Deli after 4.00 am on Sunday morning.
Eastern Suburbs Area Command officers attended and found the business, located on the ground floor of the building, well alight.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews attended and extinguished the blaze.
Residents were evacuated from the building. No injuries were reported.
NSW Police Inspector Ellen Jackson told reporters that initial investigations have revealed ‘nothing to suggest that this is a targeted incident’.
Ms Jackson assured there ‘are no signs to suggest any threat to the community’.
‘We are following all lines of inquiry,’ she said.
A popular Jewish deli in North Bondi was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon
Police attended and found a business, located on the ground floor of the building, well alight.
Police were seen removing a jerrycan from the crime scene (pictured)
Police established a crime scene and commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Footage from the scene shows a plain clothed detectives wearing face masks removing a jerrycan from the deli that serve kosher dishes.
The suspicious blaze comes several months after a fire broke out in the unit above the Lewis’ Continental deli after an e-bike’s battery spontaneously erupted into flames while four tenants were sleeping.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact police.
