Beloved Billys coffee van at Curly torched overnight

A well-loved coffee van at Curl Curl Beach carpark has been badly damaged by fire overnight, with police establishing a crime scene and launching an investigation. Emergency services were called to Adams Street, Curl Curl, about 3.45 am on Wednesday 4 November following reports of a fire. Officers from Northern Beaches Police Area Command found a coffee van, Billys, alight. Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the blaze, but the van sustained significant damage. The owner of Billys Curl Curl, James Malouf, said the van had been broken into before it was set on fire, and that the incident was captured on camera. "There's footage of a gentleman that parked over here," James told Manly Observer, taking a short break from cleaning up after the inferno aftermath, " a...

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