Man charged with arson after Newmarket and Epsom fires

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Damage to a Newmarket shop after an early-morning fire today. Photo / Hayden Woodward.

A man is due to appear in the Auckland District Court following two fires earlier in the day.

Police said they were notified at about 6.10am with a report of a building on fire at Kent St in Newmarket.

When investigating the incident, it was found that the fire was
believed to be related to an earlier fire in the morning at a business address on Manukau Rd in Epsom.

Police said no injuries were reported at either of the fires and a 36-year-old man was arrested a short time later in relation to both fires.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand said it attended both incidents, the first being notified in Manukau Rd at 5.26am where six appliances tackled a fire on the ground floor of a building.