Emergency services were called to two suspicious fires in Hastings overnight.
A small rubbish fire was reported on Napier Hastings Expressway at 11.27pm yesterday and a tree was found alight in Flaxmere at 4.16am today .
A Hastings Fire Brigade spokesperson said one fire appliance was sent to a small rubbish fire on the side of the expressway in Flaxmere.
A passer-by had extinguished the pile of rubbish on fire on the side of the road by the time emergency services arrived, he said.
Several people were allegedly witnessed running from the scene.