Update, arson charges, Biloela school fire

Detectives from Biloela Criminal Investigation Branch have tonight charged two local teenage boys with arson after a school building was destroyed by fire in Biloela early this morning, Queensland Police say.

Police and emergency services were called to Gladstone Road around 2.15am following reports of a fire, and a building at the school suffered significant damage.

The two 15-year-old boys have been charged with arson and enter premises and commit an indictable offence. They will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justices Act.

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