A playground at a Whakatāne primary school has been engulfed in flames.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said they were inundated with calls to a playground fire at Apanui School about 8pm last night. He said the playground was fully involved in flames when crews arrived but was quickly contained.
![Crews were called to the fire just after 8pm. Photo / Apanui School](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZFNDFGYKUVCZ5X5IXKSMEEDG3A.jpg?auth=321058e30747cb1e48c3bc30cd0fd062b13d52f57a7af51d025260906e7a7cdc&width=16&height=29&quality=70&smart=true)
The fire was being treated as suspicious.
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