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Fires not related (+pics&video)

Kyra Dawson
Rotorua Daily Post·
14 Dec, 2015 06:22 PMQuick Read

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Three suspicious fires in Rotorua, including this blaze in Sulphur Bay last month, are thought to be unrelated. Photo/Ben Fraser

Three suspicious fires in Rotorua, including this blaze in Sulphur Bay last month, are thought to be unrelated. Photo/Ben Fraser

It is unlikely the same people are responsible for three large suspicious fires that have happened in Rotorua during recent months.

Since May, there have been fires at Linton Park, Sulphur Point and Rotorua Girls High School. All are considered suspicious but no one has yet been held accountable.

Central Lakes area commander Graham Fuller said the fire at Linton Park on Thursday last week is still being treated as suspicious and police were still investigating.

Last month there was a large blaze at Sulphur Point which Mr Fuller said was still being investigated and in May this year two Rotorua Girls High School maths classrooms and the rest of H Block was damaged. Mr Fuller said he did not think the fires were related and at this stage they still did not know who started them.

Fire crews investigate a suspicious fire in a Rotorua Girls' High School classroom in May.  Photo/Ben Fraser
Fire crews investigate a suspicious fire in a Rotorua Girls' High School classroom in May. Photo/Ben Fraser
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"They don't appear connected. All the fires are totally different and usually if fires are connected there is a pattern of some sort."

Mr Fuller said police were still investigating the fires. Police were unavailable to comment yesterday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Rotorua police on (07) 348 0099.

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