Suspicious fire destroys garage and police car at Tairua station

Saturday 9 August 2025 · 5 outlets · 4 reports · updated Sat 9 Aug 2025, 2:29pm

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A fire at the Tairua police station on Saturday morning destroyed a garage and a police car. Emergency services attended the blaze around 5.20am, and no one was injured. Police are currently treating the incident as suspicious.

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1. 1NewsSat 9 Aug 2025, 9:08am

   Police car, garage destroyed in fire at Coromandel police station (opens in new tab)

2. NZ HeraldSat 9 Aug 2025, 12:03pm

   Suspicious fire at Tairua police station destroys garage, car (opens in new tab)

3. StuffSat 9 Aug 2025, 2:13pm

   Garage and police car destroyed in Coromandel police station fire (opens in new tab)

4. RNZSat 9 Aug 2025, 2:29pm

   Fire at Tairua police station destroys car (opens in new tab)

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