Source: New Zealand Police –
Headline: Porirua Police seek witnesses to suspicious house fire
Location:
Wellington
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a house in Cannons Creek, Porirua, on Saturday 7 April 2018.
At approximately 4:00am Fire and Emergency NZ responded to a house fire at 9 Northumberland Street.
The fire caused extensive damage to the property and was determined by investigators to have been the result of arson.
Three adults and one child were inside the house and asleep at the time the fire was started. Fortunately they were woken by smoke alarms and able to evacuate their home.