Police look at whether two rural fires linked

Police are investigating whether two fires in rural Manawatu early this morning are related.

Wellington police Sergeant Mark Oliver said the Fire Service was called to a scrub fire and house fire in Tangimoana, 33km northwest of Foxton.

Police were investigating whether the fires were linked, he said.

The scrub fire broke out at 1.30am near the Tangimoana Camping Ground on Kuku Street and was extinguished soon after.

Ten fire crews were called to an abandoned house at 3.45am, which was well-engulfed in flames in Punga Street.

The house was a total loss.

No one was injured in the fires.

- NZPA