Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Fire and Emergency (FENZ) says it had to deal with three suspicious fires overnight in Dunedin.
At 11:30pm on Monday, four crews were called to a vacant commercial building on Harrow street in central Dunedin.
About an hour later at 12:23am, emergency services were called to a fire at an unoccupied residential property, also in central Dunedin.
A FENZ spokesperson said that blaze reached second-alarm status and saw half a dozen appliances deployed.
Following that, at about 1:20am, FENZ was alerted to a series of trees on fire outside the Otago Pistol Club.
It was understood on arrival the flames were about 20 metres high, with five trucks, two tankers and two rural crews sent to extinguish the blaze.
FENZ said investigators would be looking into the fires.
No one was hurt.
Earlier on Monday, FENZ were alerted to a house fire in the suburb of Wakari in Dunedin.
The residential property was well ablaze when crews arrived at about 4pm, a FENZ South spokesperson said.
People were reported inside the building, however they were later accounted for and treated by emergency services.
St John said one person was treated for minor injuries and taken to Dunedin Hospital.
The fire service said it was not initially treating this fire as suspicious.
FENZ crews in Otago were also needed for a blaze on a farm in the town of Waitepeka on Monday.
Crews were called to reports of a large shed on fire about 8pm.
A FENZ South spokesperson said "multiple structures" were damaged including an old farm house.
As many as four firetrucks, three tankers and a digger were used to extinguish the fire.
A crew was monitoring hotspots at the site on Tuesday morning.
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