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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

5G tower fire in flood-hit Mullumbimby under NSW police investigation

The Telstra 5G tower in Mullumbimby
The Telstra 5G tower in Mullumbimby has been damaged in a fire, which could leave thousands without phone coverage for days. Photograph: David Maurice Smith/Oculi

Thousands of flood-affected residents in northern New South Wales could spend days without mobile reception after what federal Labor MP Justine Elliot described as “the deliberate burning” of a Telstra 5G tower.

New South Wales police could not yet say whether the fire at the Mullumbimby phone tower was deliberately lit, but confirmed an investigation was under way into its cause and that a crime scene had been established.

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