A fire which gutted a Rotorua home was caused by wood too close to the chimney flue.
On Tuesday night, Joel Williams came home to find his Monokia St flat on fire.
Rotorua Fire Safety Officer Stuart Bootten said the fire started in the roof of the house, wood near
the flue of a log burner catching alight.
The log burner had been installed about 15 years ago and Mr Bootten said the timbers around the flue in the roof were touching it.
"Over time the wood would have got so dry that the ignition temperature was lowered," Mr Bootten said.
