Police investigate suspicious house fire in Whangārei

Wednesday 24 September 2025 · 4 outlets · 4 reports · updated Wed 24 Sep 2025, 12:10pm

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Emergency services attended a fire on Raumanga Valley Road in Raumanga around 6.20am on Wednesday. Five people were sleeping inside the property at the time, but everyone escaped without injury. Police are treating the incident as suspicious after a couch on the front deck appeared to have been deliberately lit.

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1. 1NewsWed 24 Sep 2025, 11:02am

   Whangārei fire that broke out while five slept inside deemed suspicious (opens in new tab)

2. StuffWed 24 Sep 2025, 11:04am

   House fire in Whangārei being treated as suspicious after couch appeared to have been deliberately lit (opens in new tab)

3. RNZWed 24 Sep 2025, 11:07am

   Police treating Whangārei house fire as suspicious (opens in new tab)

4. NZ HeraldWed 24 Sep 2025, 12:10pm

   Whangārei police probe suspicious Raumanga house fire after couch deliberately lit (opens in new tab)