Police are investigating after a car was set alight in Welcome Bay overnight.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said a crew was called to the scene of a car well-involved in flames on Waitaha Rd, Welcome Bay about 3am on Saturday.
He said it took a crew about 25 minutes to extinguish the blaze.
The fire was being treated as suspicious and police were investigating, he said.
Chatter on a Tauranga noticeboard had some Welcome Bay residents saying they woke to the sound of tyres popping in the blaze or the fire crew arriving.
