Crews called to house fire in Taupō

Firefighters were called out to a blaze at a house in Taupō overnight.

“We arrived to find a fire in a bedroom in a house on Invergarry Rd in Hilltop,” said Josh Pennefather, Northern Fire Communications shift manager.

Firefighters were called at 11.27pm.

“We had four fire trucks in attendance. The fire has since been extinguished,” Pennefather said.

He said the fire was being treated as suspicious.

“The fire investigator’s returning today.”

There were no reports of injuries.