Fire services investigating cause of suspicious car and house fire in Whanganui East

A fire that began in a car and spread to a house on Maketu St, Whanganui East is being investigated by fire services. Photo / Eva de Jong

A car fire that spread to a house in Whanganui East is being investigated by fire services and treated as suspicious.

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said fire services received a call to a car on fire on Maketu St at 3.30am on Tuesday.

“It spread to the house.

“It doesn’t appear that it was too significant and was under control pretty quickly.”

Two crews from the Whanganui Fire Brigade attended.

No one appeared to have been injured in the fire.

The spokesman said a specialist fire investigator was sent to the scene and the fire was being treated as suspicious.

A police spokesman said police attended and inquiries into the circumstances were ongoing.

Eva de Jong is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicle covering health stories and general news. She began as a reporter in 2023.