Another teen burned in seventh straight day of arson attacks in Melbourne
Key points
- A 15-year-old boy is being treated for burns in hospital after allegedly setting fire to a Korean barbecue restaurant in Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east. Police are searching for another male believed to be involved, after he allegedly fled in a vehicle.
- Nobody was inside the restaurant when it was set alight just after midnight. The teenager was found with burns at a nearby fast food restaurant in Heatherton and taken to hospital under police guard.
- It is the seventh straight day of arson attacks across Melbourne.
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