Suspicious fire in Kaingaroa Forest Village southeast of Rotorua
Cira Olivier Multimedia Journalist, Bay of Plenty Times·Rotorua Daily Post·
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Save It took firefighters 30 minutes to put out the fire. Photo / File
A car on fire in Kaingaroa Forest Village this morning is being treated as suspicious.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said Kaingaroa fire station responded to a call at 8.15am about a fire on Dun Rd near Daniel St and Middle Rd.
It initially took firefighters "a while" to
find the blaze behind a premises as no specific instructions were given, the spokesman said.
Kaingaroa Fire Brigade officer in charge Ken Austin said it was a initially deemed to be a bush fire but was found to be a car.
One fire appliance attended the scene.