Police are appealing to the public for information about three suspicious fires in Christchurch in the early hours of this morning. Police were alerted to the three separate fires at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Parklands, the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral (Cardboard Cathedral) on Hereford Street and the Beach Road Cafe in New Brighton. Fire crews were first called to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Waitikiri Drive in Parklands just after 3am on Monday. Southern fire communications said the fire at the Cardboard Cathedral was out by the time staff arrived at the scene. A resident who lives opposite the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses said she and her family woke to see large flames and fire and police crews.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 06, 2020 22:07 UTC