A fire at a house in Hamilton is now being treated as suspicious.
The Fire Service was called out just after 5am to a property in Tamahere Drive.
Shift manager Scott Osmond said the fire was in a small vacant house next to the new Waikato Expressway.
He said it was well alight when crews arrived, but there was no one inside.
"The fire's now out and there's a fire investigator there looking at the cause and he's identified something suspicious so they've asked for police attendance as well," Osmond said.
Osmond said one fire truck is still at the scene, checking for hotspots.
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