THIRD FIRE INVESTIGATION

THERE is growing concern among residents in the Mount Napier area following a third suspicious fire being lit in the early hours of Monday morning. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Lizzie Hallam

March 05, 2024 | 4:00 PM

A THIRD suspicious fire was lit at about 5.30am on Monday morning on the side of Mount Napier Road at Gazette around 20 kilometres south of Hamilton.

Hamilton Police crime investigation unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Mark James, said like the two previous fires on the same road in the last three months, it was again suspicious in nature with no explanation as to how it started.