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DunedinMarch 15

Apparent firebug attack ruins two vehicles

A suspicious fire which destroyed two parked vehicles in St Clair, Dunedin, at the weekend was ''ugly and devastating for the owners'', Detective Iain Ferguson said.

DunedinMarch 15

Burning couches keep service busy

Firefighters were kept busy attending four couch fires in the student quarter on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

DunedinJuly 29

Arsonist sets wheelie bins ablaze

A wheelie-bin arsonist left mounds of melted plastic and a Dunedin suburb ''saturated'' with police patrols yesterday morning.

DunedinJanuary 24

Suspected arsons in city overnight

Police are investigation two suspected arsons in Dunedin overnight.

NationalJanuary 19

String of blazes stretches fire crews

Fires raged up and down the country yesterday stretching emergency services to "maximum capacity".

DunedinDecember 26

Charged with arson after fire

A 38-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly deliberately setting fire to a Mosgiel house on Christmas night.

NationalMay 16

Arson charge after luxury home razed

A man has been charged with burning down his multimillion-dollar luxury home in the Bay of Islands.

NationalApril 19

Arson arrest after forest fire spate

A 71-year-old man has been arrested and charged with arson following a spate of forest fires near Nelson.

NationalApril 15

Partygoers thought behind scrub fire

Revellers at a party are believed to have set off two flares that started a large scrub fire in Northland today.

NationalFebruary 22

Man admits Cuba Mall arson

A man who set fire to his car in a central Wellington pedestrian mall on election day last year has pleaded guilty to arson.

WorldJanuary 2

Man held after LA arson spree

Los Angeles Police Charlie Beck said he is confident authorities have their man after a person of interest was detained in connection with dozens of arson fires.

DunedinJanuary 2

Arson suspected in Waverley house fire

A fire that gutted a million-dollar Dunedin house yesterday is being treated as a suspected arson.

WorldJanuary 1

Firebug on the loose in Hollywood

An arsonist swept through the Hollywood area under the cover of dark early on Friday (local time), torching vehicles whose flames ignited nearby houses, including one once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison.

NationalDecember 18

Arrest over Foxton Racecourse fires

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in relation to five fires at the Foxton Racecourse over the past month.

DunedinJune 13

Help needed to stop firebug

The Dunedin CIB has distributed fliers to about 90 Caversham households warning a possible arsonist or arsonists may be at work in the area, following another suspicious rubbish fire in College St at the weekend.

DunedinMay 27

Suspected arson at student flat could have been 'deadly'

A suspected arson attack on an occupied student flat early yesterday could have had deadly consequences, police and Fire Service personnel say.

DunedinMarch 15

Woman's home target of arsonist

Waking from a deep sleep to find your front door on fire about a metre from your head is a particularly distressing experience, an Ocean Grove resident says.

North OtagoDecember 15

Boat doused, set alight

Police investigating the arson of a boat in Hampden this week have released a photograph of a plastic container found at the scene.

DunedinDecember 1

Arson, authorities say

A fire that severely damaged a Green Island cafe yesterday was arson, police and the Fire Service say.

South OtagoOctober 29

House bus burnt out

Wanaka police are appealing for information about a recent suspected arson attack on property near Luggate.

Central OtagoSeptember 22

Jailed for lighting fires among pines

A series of arsons in tinder-dry conditions at Alexandra, with the fires lit relatively close to houses, contributed to a 24-month prison term imposed on an Alexandra man who appeared for sentencing in the Alexandra District Court yesterday.

DunedinAugust 30

Mornington fires both arsons, police say

Dunedin police say there is no evidence yet that two weekend arsons in the suburb of Mornington are linked.

QueenstownJuly 30

Arsonist in court

A Wanaka man faced two new charges in the Invercargill District Court yesterday, in relation to several arson convictions in February.

NationalJune 17

Skifield arson case remains open

Police have a "pretty good idea" who burnt down Whakapapa skifield's Knoll Ridge cafe 16 months ago but lack the evidence for an arrest, says the officer heading the inquiry.

NationalMay 5

Whangarei arson conviction quashed

A Whangarei man found guilty at a third trial of an arson attack at his former workplace has had his convictions quashed.