The house was vacant but police are investigating. Police are investigating a fire that ripped through a house in Hamilton in the early hours of Sunday morning. The five-bedroom home on Balloch St in Fairfield was well involved when fire trucks arrived, Fire and Emergency New Zealand northern fire communications shift manager Scott Osmond said. No-one was in the house at the time and it had been vacant about a month, Rongo Bell said. MARK TAYLOR/STUFF The fire service was called to a house blaze on Balloch St in Fairfield.

Source: Stuff July 20, 2019 23:03 UTC