Emergency services were called to the hotel near the Exchange this morning. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said today the man was a Dunedin resident who was staying at the Scenic Southern Cross Hotel in High St.
‘‘He set the fire alarm off, got a fire extinguisher and then went and set fire to a curtain, but it’s only been a dinner plate-sized hole.’’
Snr Sgt Bond said it was believed the man had a mental health issue and was sent for psychiatric help.
Charges were being considered, he said.
