NZ police investigate suspicious fire in Mataura

Police are investigating a suspicious fire on Main Street, Mataura on Sunday 26 July.

The fire was located burning among macrocarpa trees in the rear section of a residential property at around 3am.

The fire was well involved and had destroyed a garden shed on the property.

Police would like to hear from anyone who noticed anything suspicious in the area around the time of the fire – particularly near the railway tracks between Albion Street and Ely Street, between 2.45am and 3.30am.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.