Fire in Minden: Police searching for person who set fire in vehicle
By Megan WilsonMultimedia Journalist·Bay of Plenty Times·
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Save Fire and Emergency services and police went to the scene.
Police are searching for a person who started a fire in a vehicle and left the scene on foot in Minden.
Police were alerted to an incident in Vernon Rd at 10.13am, a police spokesperson said.
"Police are now working to locate the individual."
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand
spokesperson said a car fire had spread to vegetation. The scrub fire was 100m by 30m.
"The fire is extinguished now and we're just dampening down hotspots."
