A fire investigator and police are working to determine the cause of a suspicious fire in Mount Maunganui this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a fire in a garage of a Carysfort St property about 3pm.
A fire communications spokesman said a fire investigator and police were investigating the blaze. "They are treating it as suspicious," he said.
A reporter at the scene said firefighters could also be seen speaking to a group of people.
A nearby resident, who would not be named, said she did not hear any sirens and did not see any smoke.