Three suspicious blazes kept fire crews busy in Dunedin overnight.
At 11:30pm yesterday, four crews were called to a vacant commercial building on Harrow St in the central city.
About an hour later, at 12:23am, emergency services were called to a fire at residential property in Lees St, also in central Dunedin.
A Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesperson said that blaze reached second-alarm status, and half a dozen appliances were deployed.
The spokesperson said they were initially concerned the house was occupied, but that turned out not to be the case.Â
Following that, about 1:20am, Fenz was alerted to a series of trees on fire outside the Otago Pistol Club in Waldronville.
When crews arrived, the flames were about 20 metres high. Five trucks, two tankers and two rural crews were sent to extinguish the blaze.
A Fenz spokesperson said investigators would be looking into the fires.
No people were reported harmed.
 – RNZ/Allied Media