6 May 2025

Police treating vehicle blaze in Bluff as suspicious

1:38 pm on 6 May 2025
RNZ/Reece Baker

The fire caused substantial vehicle damage. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

Police are looking for witnesses after a suspicious vehicle fire in Bluff on Sunday.

They said a man carrying a petrol can was seen running away from a parked Ford Courier ute after it was set a light.

Senior constable Pete Jenkins said the man was seen running south on Henderson Street, where he was picked up by a dark-coloured vehicle.

"We want to talk to this man, and also need to hear from anyone who has information that could help our enquiries," he said.

The fire - that caused substantial vehicle damage - started at about 3:40pm on Marine Parade.