Invercargill house fire treated as suspicious

Three fire crews were needed to put out a suspicious blaze in a Southland home last night. Photo / File

Police and fire safety officers are investigating a suspicious blaze in an Invercargill home overnight.

A southern Fire Service spokesman said a fire broke out in the Ettrick St property at 8.10pm.

Three fire crews attended the blaze in the single-storey home.

No one was in the house at the time, he said.

It was now being treated as arson and police and fire safety officers will return to the damaged home this morning to investigate further, he said.