Three Dunedin fires overnight deemed suspicious as investigators called in
Three overnight fires in Dunedin are being treated as suspicious, with investigators attending two of them this morning.
A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they were notified of the first, a vacant building well ablaze on Harrow St, around 11.30pm.
Four fire trucks and a ladder truck arrived at the scene.
The fire was contained after midnight and extinguished at 3am, the spokesperson said.
An investigator would attend this morning.
Fire and Emergency received multiple calls of another fire at a Central Dunedin house around 12.30am.
Concerns that people were in the house were quashed after it was found empty, said the spokesperson.
Five fire trucks and a command unit contained the fire at 1.50am.
A fire investigator is heading there this morning.
Around 1.30am, firefighters responded to reports of trees on fire near Otago Pistol Club in Waldronville.
Four fire trucks, two rural, and two water tankers arrived to find the 30x30m blaze with pine trees on fire.
Although the fire is deemed to be suspicious, an investigator was not attending, said the spokesperson.
Police have been approached for comment.