Firefighters battle the blaze in Clyde on Sunday morning. Photo: Graham HelmA fire that extensively damaged a house and car in Clyde at the weekend appears to have been deliberately lit. Emergency services were called to a property on Newcastle St about 5.15am on Sunday after a neighbour saw flames. The fire was extinguished by around 8am, but the house was "extensively damaged as well as the car parked beside it", a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said on Sunday. Minutes before the blaze took hold, the neighbour who saw the flames heard glass breaking and a vehicle leaving at speed.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 26, 2019 03:33 UTC