Firefighters were deployed to douse a stolen vehicle engulfed in flames in Caversham on Thursday night. Fire and Emergency New Zealand communications shift supervisor Daryl Ball said a crew from Lookout Point station was called to nearby Barnes Dr just before 11pm, arriving to find a car "fully involved in fire" before extinguishing the blaze. A police spokeswoman said the car had been reported stolen, although the exact circumstances of the fire remained unclear. Earlier in the evening, shortly after 7pm, another car fire in the Paretai area was dealt with by the Kaka Point Volunteer Fire Brigade. This car fire was not thought to be suspicious, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 14, 2018 18:00 UTC