UPDATE Arson charge, Cairns

Police investigating a fire at a sports store in Cairns on July 18 have charged a man.

Around 6pm Emergency Services attended the Kenny Street business to find it well alight. The interior of the building suffered extensive damage.

A 23-year-old Mount Sheridan man has been charged with arson, and enter premises to commit indictable offence. He is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on July 31.

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