18 Jun 2021

Cobden house fire treated as suspicious

2:25 pm on 18 June 2021

A fire that destroyed a house in the West Coast town of Cobden on Wednesday is being treated as suspicious.

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Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Emergency services were called to the house on Fox Street about 7.30pm on Wednesday night.

Police have now completed a scene examination at the Fox Street property.

They said the cause of the fire had not been determined but they were treating it as suspicious, and enquiries were continuing.