New Zealand / Emergency Services

Arson suspected in Invercargill bushfire

07:56 am on 18 March 2024

File photo. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Police and fire investigators are looking into a suspicious bushfire near Invercargill.

Three fire trucks and three water tankers were called to a vegetation fire on Tiwai Point at 10.45pm on Sunday.

No one was evacuated and the fire has now been contained, a fire and emergency spokesperson said.

Investigators will visit the scene on Monday, alongside police.

It is believed the fire may have been started deliberately.