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Collapse Issue 462 - 28 Jan 2019Issue 462 - 28 Jan 2019
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Fire destroys Umina Mall
Panel signals nursing home approval in rare bushland
Community garden seeks help after fire
Woman airlifted from walking track
Aboriginal basket-making at Pearl Beach
Association to speak against fence
Fledgling kookaburra 'reunited' with its parents
Rotary club farewells exchange student
Bill Cook receives Australia Day honour
David Thompson awarded for services to lifesaving
Political candidate leads under-water clean-up
Panel listens to nursing home developer and objectors
Peninsula planning is 'sorely tested', says ACF branch
Association wants local planning provisions
Businesses affected by Umina Mall fire
Umina Mall site could have bright future, says Mehrtens
Rotary club to celebrate 44 years
Homeless care packs target exceeded
Fire brigade receives $6000 grant
James Browne Oval to get upgrade
Beach groups seeks more Peninsula residents
CWA members 'deconstruct' wedding gowns
Police investigate restaurant hold-up
Donations for Mary Mac's Place
Rotary club elects new president
Council accepts grant applications
Nominations open for Rotary awards
Trivia night for Friends fans
Woy Woy confectionary features in tourism campaign
Newly-weds start new anti-waste business
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Mayor should convene meetings about development
Non-complying approvals change planning controls
West St development of concern
Use smaller buses on Killcare peninsula
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Man taken to hospital with multiple wasp stings
Daughter gives a special kind of support
Surgeon encourages women to stop drinking alcohol
Collapse  ARTS ARTS
Dancing by the Water attracts 20 dancers
Rotary club holds 14th Opera in the Arboretum
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Hoping to bring samurai arts to life
Mentoring program offered to Year 6 boys
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Ocean Beach comes ninth in junior carnival
Jemma in top 10 kayak placings
State bowls team to play at Ettalong
First charity bowls for the year
Hundreds expected for children's events

Fire destroys Umina Mall

Fire has destroyed Umina Mall shopping centre.

Fire broke out in the Umina eight-shop complex in the early hours of the Sunday morning, January 13.

Police and fire officers were called to the centre on Ocean Beach Road about 2:15am

Efforts were made to contain the blaze; but it had spread into the roof cavity where insulation continued to burn.

Emergency services remained at the scene of the fire more than 12 hours after arriving to fight the fire.

Shop tenant real estate agent Lois Jones praised the fire brigade officers who went into the burning building to rescue valuable equipment and files for the businesses.

"They are worth more money,'' she said.

Cr Richard Mehrtens said the said the situation presented an opportunity for renewal.

He said the prime location between Woy Woy and Umina served as an important shopping point for nearby residents.

"I hope that the owners of the site have a vision to keep the best bits of the site alive, such as its accessibility and convenience, and focus on the necessities of life that people rely on."

Anyone with information on the fire at Umina Mall is being urged to come forward.

The cause of the fire was being investigated and was being treated as suspicious, police said at the time, and have since confirmed it remains an ongoing active investigation.

Any links with the fire at Woy Woy community garden the following week were also being investigated.





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