Dumped car gutted by fire on beachside road in Gisborne

The remains of a car which was dumped and set alight on Centennial Marine Drive on Wednesday night. Photo / Murray Robertson

An abandoned car was dumped and set alight on Gisborne’s Centennial Marine Drive on Wednesday night.

Firefighters were called to the blazing vehicle at about 11.30pm.

“Flames from it had set alight a small area of grass alongside [the car],” an emergency services spokesman said.

“The fire crew got there in time to stop the vegetation fire from spreading further.”

The car was completely gutted by the fire, which also burned bollards next to it. Photo / Murray Robertson

Someone dumped bags of household rubbish at the scene as well.

“It’s not a dumping ground for vehicles or rubbish,” the emergency services spokesman said.

“It’s appalling how much rubbish gets dumped along there.”