{"id":484406,"date":"2026-06-18T22:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/484406\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:33:10","slug":"arson-attack-multiple-fires-in-auckland-arrests-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/484406\/","title":{"rendered":"Arson attack, multiple fires in Auckland, arrests made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Police said there was not a fire, and that the youths had been seen lighting a spray can on the train.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The small fire had been extinguished by the time crews arrived, and police were speaking with several young people over the incident. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The small fire had been extinguished by the time crews arrived, and police were speaking with several young people over the incident. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The new City Rail Link stations had very good processes in place and the right equipment to put out fires on platforms and trains, Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The materials used in the stations were also of low combustibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Just before 1am, a garage was reported on fire in Point Chevalier, with the 30sq m building \u201cwell involved\u201d when crews arrived, northern shift manager Garreth Lewis said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Crews damp down a burnt-out garage on Sutherland Rd in Pt Chevalier. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Crews damp down a burnt-out garage on Sutherland Rd in Pt Chevalier. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Two fire trucks attended the incident, and a fire investigator would return this morning to determine the cause of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">A Herald photographer at the scene said those believed responsible for the fire fled on foot. Multiple people were arrested at a nearby shopping centre a short time later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Detective Senior Sergeant Ash Matthews of Auckland City CIB confirmed two men had been charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">He said the house the fire was set at was vacant and there were no reports of any injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPolice units conducted area enquiries, assisted by camera operators, and located two people matching witness descriptions a short distance away,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Scene guards will remain at the property while enquiries are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cTwo men, aged 26 and 50, will appear in the Auckland District Court today charged with arson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Multiple arrests were made following the alleged arson attack on a garage on Sutherland Rd in Pt Chevalier. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Multiple arrests were made following the alleged arson attack on a garage on Sutherland Rd in Pt Chevalier. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward<img  alt=\"The arrests in connection with the Pt Chevalier fire were made at a nearby shopping centre. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The arrests in connection with the Pt Chevalier fire were made at a nearby shopping centre. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Meanwhile, just after 1am multiple calls were received about a house on fire in \u014ctara. The single-storey home was well involved when crews arrived, with a second alarm raised, Lewis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Five fire trucks and one command unit attended and all residents had been accounted for. A fire investigator would return this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said there was not a fire, and that the youths had been seen lighting a spray can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31746,53,89,51,11776,15974,63,78,20558,1362,2510,111,43,139,69,6507,1321,39541,8841],"class_list":["post-484406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-arrests","tag-arson","tag-attack","tag-auckland","tag-busy","tag-emergency","tag-fires","tag-in","tag-kept","tag-made","tag-multiple","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-overnight","tag-services","tag-spate","tag-suspected"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}