3:02 pm today

Police seeking information after suspicious house fire on West Coast

3:02 pm today
A fire truck, close-up, in Wellington.

The house fire was in Cobden on Bright Street at about 12.10am on 14 May. Photo: Pretoria Gordon / RNZ

A suspicious house fire is under investigation on the West Coast.

Police want to hear from anyone who captured footage near Bright Street in Cobden, leading up to the blaze just after midnight on Wednesday.

In particular, the police are asking for CCTV or dashcam footage of the area area from 11pm on Tuesday night, to midnight.

Police said a scene guard stayed at the property overnight, and a fire investigator had carried out a scene examination on Thursday.

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