Hawke’s Bay: Early morning Napier fire treated as suspicious

Investigations are under way into a suspicious early morning house fire in Hawke’s Bay.

Napier firefighters were called to Geddis Ave in Maraenui about 4.30am on Thursday to an empty house ablaze.

Napier firefighters attended the early morning house fire.

A Fire and Emergency spokeswoman said two appliances attended from Napier along with the off-support team who assisted firefighters and with traffic control.

“It was a single-storey house − 10 metres by 15 metres,” the spokeswoman said.

The fire was extinguished by 6.42am, and no one was injured.

A police spokeswoman said they were assisting Fire and Emergency New Zealand at the scene on Thursday morning.