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An early morning arson attack yesterday destroyed Waitara's Plunket rooms.
The fire, believed to have been deliberately started just after 4.30am, destroyed much of the building in the Taranaki town, 16km northeast of New Plymouth.
Police have spoken to two boys and a girl, aged 12 to 14, about the fire which was believed to have started after someone piled paper around the building before setting it alight, the Taranaki Daily News reported.
The trio had been referred to Youth Aid.
- NZPA
