An Invercargill house fire is being treated as a suspected arson. A blaze tore through a two-storey property early today, Fire and Emergency southern communications shift manager Brent Dunne said. Those inside the smoke-logged home were able to flee the Tyne St property before it burst into flames. Rooms in the home were badly damaged but firefighters managed to stop the fire from spreading throughout the entire property. Specialist fire investigators would be returning to the property this morning to work out the cause of the blaze, which was being treated as a suspected arson, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 08, 2018 18:22 UTC