READ MORE:* Large fire at Horton Park in Blenheim, Marlborough* Marlborough police investigating seven suspicious fires in a week* Four suspicious fires in Marlborough deliberately litAbout 20 neighbours gathered on the street to watch the fire crew put out the flames. Police investigate suspicious car fires in MarlboroughJENNIFER EDER/FAIRFAX NZ Senior Constable Al Hendrickson examines the damage after a rag was stuffed into a fuel cap and set alight. Two car fires in the same night in Blenheim are being treated as suspicious, police say. Senior sergeant Julian Lewis, of Blenheim, said the fires were not related to other suspicious fires across the district over the past three months. Flames fully engulfed a car at Mountain View Rd, in Witherlea, while a rag was stuffed into a fuel cap of a car and set alight at Moana Cres, about three blocks away.

Source: Stuff May 19, 2016 16:33 UTC