Investigation into suspicious restaurant fire ongoingSIMON O'CONNOR/Fairfax NZ Fire investigators were trying to establish how a blaze at Cafe Istanbul started on Monday. An investigation into a suspicious fire at a New Plymouth restaurant remains open while condolences flow for the owner. GRANT MATTHEW/Fairfax NZ Fire crews work at the scene of an early morning blaze at New Plymouth's Cafe Istanbul, Devon St East, on Sunday. GRANT MATTHEW/Fairfax NZ Cafe Istanbul owner Ismail Can outside his Turkish restaurant after fire broke out early on Sunday morning. Matt Crabtree, Fire and Emergency NZ, confirmed the blaze was still being treated as suspicious and investigators were hoping to identify its origin.

Source: Stuff July 03, 2017 04:41 UTC