An unused bus has been gutted by a suspicious blaze.
The Rotorua Fire Brigade attended the fire off Pererika St, near Trade Central, around 4.30pm.
Megan Ruru, fire communications shift manager, said a bus was on fire near the old post office workshops.
"It was well ablaze when we got there and is being considered suspicious," she said.
A fire safety investigator was tonight at the scene.