A playground at a Whakatāne primary school has been engulfed in flames.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said they were inundated with calls to a playground fire at Apanui School about 8pm last night. He said the playground was fully involved in flames when crews arrived but was quickly contained.
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The fire was being treated as suspicious.
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Two fire appliances attended.
A post on the Apanui School Facebook page said: "Our senior playground has been deliberately set on fire tonight."
The school thanked emergency services for their work in containing the fire.