A scene guard has been posted at the site of a suspicious house fire in Ōpōtiki.
Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Colin Underdown said the Ford St house was “fully involved” when crews arrived just after 9pm Sunday.
The fire at the single-storey building was about 10m by 15m and was fully extinguished later that night.
Underdown said the fire was being treated as suspicious and a scene guard and a fire investigator were there this morning.