A fire that destroyed a massive shearers quarters building in Ohai is the third suspicious blaze in the town in the last year, the town's fire chief says. Ohai fire chief John Hogg said one person had been living in the building but was not home at the time of the fire. TORI WELSH/SUPPLIED Shearer's quarters fire in Ohai, Southland. READ MORE:* Large building goes up in smoke in Ohai, Southland* Former Ohai golf clubhouse destroyed by fire* Voluntary work important to John Hogg in Ohai-NightcapsIt follows another suspicious fire in October 2018, when the former Ohai Golf clubrooms was destroyed. Fire service spokesman Andrew Norris confirmed an investigator had been at the scene of the destroyed shearers quarters on Saturday and the blaze was being treated as suspicious.

Source: Stuff March 24, 2019 02:15 UTC