Firefighters arrived at the Hamilton East School blaze just before 7am to find the outside of the dental unit and the school hall on fire. Photo / Supplied
Firefighters arrived at the Hamilton East School blaze just before 7am to find the outside of the dental unit and the school hall on fire. Photo / Supplied
One of Hamilton's oldest schools says it will be business as usual for students tomorrow, despite a suspicious blaze damaging two of its buildings today.
The Fire Service was called to Hamilton East School just before 7am to find the school hall and the dental unit on fire.
It isthe second suspicious blaze at the school in a matter of years - in 2009, two classrooms were gutted and others were seriously damaged in a suspected arson attack.
Flames were just starting to creep inside the buildings when firefighting crews arrived this morning, Waikato Fire Service area commander Roy Breeze said.
The two fires were lit separately and were being treated as suspicious, he said.
"There's external damage, a reasonable amount, to both buildings and some smoke and heat damage internally," Mr Breeze said.
"[We're] definitely treating it as suspicious because there's two completely separate fires. We're working with the police right now to look at what we can do about it, investigation-wise."
