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Replacement ambulance sent after WA blaze

A replacement ambulance has been sent to help an eastern Perth ambulance service after a suspicious blaze destroyed two vehicles.

Ambulances parked in the emergency bay
Police are investigating a suspicious fire which has destroyed two ambulances east of Perth. (AAP)

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A replacement ambulance has been dispatched after two ambulances were destroyed by fire east of Perth.

Police are investigating the possibility of arson following the blaze at a St John Ambulance building on Joaquina Street in York about 1am on Saturday.

The building and two ambulances were significantly damaged by fire, with the damage bill estimated at $1 million.

A replacement ambulance was sent immediately from Northam "so the town was not without an ambulance service", a St John Ambulance spokesman said.

The arson squad has been investigating the charred remains of the York building.

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Police are appealing to the public to come forward with any information about the fire.


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