Detectives are treating a number of fires in South Toowoomba causing significant damage to a car dealership and educational facility overnight as suspicious.
Emergency services were called to a Fitzgibbon Street business around 4am where it is believed a vehicle was set alight.
This fire quickly spread to a further six vehicles causing extensive damage.
A short time later police and emergency services were alerted to another blaze at a building in James Street nearby.
The building attached to a catholic educational facility sustained structural damage as a result of the fire.
Crime scenes have been declared at both locations with Ruthven Street closed as investigations continue into the cause.
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