Suspicious fire at barbershop in Te Atatū, Auckland

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Fire crews have contained a suspicious fire at a barbershop on Te Atatū Peninsula this morning. Photo / NZ Herald

A fire that gutted a barbershop on Auckland’s Te Atatū Peninsula overnight is being treated as suspicious.

Fire crews were called around 2am to the blaze in a small commercial premises on the corner of Harbour View Rd and Te Atatū Rd.

They arrived to find the small single-storey shop
“well involved” in fire, Fire and Emergency northern shift manager Colin Underdown said.

The blaze was extinguished by 2.30am, he said. A fire investigator had attended the scene and decided it was suspicious, and would return in the morning to investigate further.