{"id":878122,"date":"2026-09-03T03:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/878122\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T03:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:02:10","slug":"a-fireball-then-screams-of-agony-suspected-arsonist-fights-for-life-after-botched-tobacco-shop-attack-the-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/878122\/","title":{"rendered":"A fireball, then screams of agony: Suspected arsonist fights for life after botched tobacco shop attack &#8211; The Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNR0tvM2JMQTlVZjJwRnBERFg4UXdjem8xMjY0WE51LXpuTmFyTG95ZnpjRnNUand4TnA5SGxuQ003VmVLQjdHUWw1NzVnNFBtSXBoSGNTS1dTc2owUVd2SUp2QUFGUDRsSnJESmo3dWlPTzI3S21BZER1cVBDcEN5SnNPelJOOVhTNDIteVYyU3ZFNWxESk9OZ2lpejgzUWRzTlRfZ3BqTFZGcng4NjRYWW1GcWRoSDBRUjVLeWcxb1A2bDlQa2RKLU1ESHBJM19ubUZpSHBjampBaW1SeE00ZjdiVWhnSW90ajRSRDVCMmVkaFB4V3Ftbi1n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A fireball, then screams of agony: Suspected arsonist fights for life after botched tobacco shop attack<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgJBVV95cUxNRzY1RTVlVWRteFpiTlM3SFR6bC15N2doU1FMLWhfVlptcGlmQ3VsbEp6akdNT1ZIRGVjYWgzbmU3LW9qRjhrdE9CMUc2MzR5XzRpbjJQOFc2UkN5TTBXWHRsdGdUMTZ6bldFS01BQ21XOERBbWZrQUwyemhXWWJwcXZGY1J4XzNJSXE1Vkp4bTNpX3dOeGZULXpKanZHREVKWHdRYktMMDlpaXFCOEZuWXBobkV6Rm1DZmNtWjhIV09YYjVxRFk1bVJKTHRzampBZE41Zjg1UnBITDZUM3RDNm94dzBnd0hEYklGSzdjRWM2YUptYlR5dzBwLUlNQVFTT0RBR1Nn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alleged arsonist engulfed in fireball after Melton tobacconist ram-raid goes wrong<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Herald Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPNmVXWGhQcy1GMGpkSmpWT1lyaHVKOGV0TTFZUEpVWGVKYU5TRGVNRHJqMWxRRmFnVlhCVFc3S0l5UWdrck1SbjRaMEM5Q1dUVEZPemN1c1huMWVLMmw0Nkd6VEd0ODdPakhSY0p2SEpXZHFyM2FoVVFoNGZqaDdHUlpKYUZnY3hZZVp4MFdlYUY5Z2lmSjlKZ0YzZDFPMjJZYmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man fighting for life after tobacco shop firebombing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxNeTRYamJCSEo4N1RZVXpOTzNLbmNONzBKdGNSZmxlLTgxUVZQdEN1QUw1SWxrOGp4SVhfZ1haYklVRnNVU3pWdzM2NF9MeGJuUmFGZTc3bUJ5NzhpdWlQNXRnY1Y4VFlNb1IxX0lPUDRmUEkwb0tBMVZMZ1hUcWtjb3d2SFo2YzVFM2llTkdsTXJXUGxKeWhMNkVRZ19tSDh3VEJGZi15TFc0NEdBNUlpdnBzbzlYQXc2MlRHazB3bDhiOTU0bGhmV216SGlReGwzSGpYYV9Qa2lZQUZ2emtkbXFnWjVDZ2tFQWFuRGJwWDVmRjA4YVJRQUFraWNzdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man in critical condition after \u2018suspicious\u2019 shop fire west of Melbourne<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;news24.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPd0E0b09Zc05Bb0hqRkZuYkRZZjhqd0RaRm9HUklIcThiTTItUUJoVzBKV3NhaWxPcjM3amZkRVZGVENVNlB6YUZxZ2VRQjRubm9FdDIwWWF5Ny1VQ21LTEFBVUYzbHBTN2MwdEIySWNGYjFyX0tIUDU0d29TaWZRbjBFdi1lSnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man fights for life after tobacco shop firebombing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fireball, then screams of agony: Suspected arsonist fights for life after botched tobacco shop attack&nbsp;&nbsp;The AgeAlleged arsonist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-878122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}