Police in Southland are investigating a suspicious fire which destroyed a garden shed at a residential property early on Sunday 26 July.
Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
The fire was burning among macrocarpa trees at the rear of the property on Mataura's Main Street about 3am.
A garden shed on the property was destroyed.
Police said they wanted to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area around the time of the blaze, particularly near the railway tracks between Albion St and Ely St, between 2.45am and 3.30am.