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Former NRL star Jason Smith's pub gutted by fire
A suspicious fire has ripped through a former NRL star's pub, gutting the building and triggering a police investigation.
Emergency services called to former North Queensland, Parramatta and Canberra player Jason Smith's Toowoomba pub about 11.30pm on Sunday saw large flames dominating the entire top floor.
No one was inside the Mill Street Tavern at the time and it took eight fire crews an hour to control the blaze.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency spokeswoman said the hotel was still smouldering about 8.30am on Monday.
The pub's awning collapsed, with as much as 20 per cent of the building still inaccessible as a fire investigator arrived to determine a cause.
In June, Smith, a former State of Origin and Test player, pleaded guilty to eight charges of possessing more than two grams of cocaine.
Justice Ann Lyons sentenced him to a term of three years' imprisonment but ordered he be released on immediate parole.