A student flat on Pitt Street was engulfed by flames on the evening of Tuesday May 9, sparking rumours of malicious arsonists and resident ghosts.
Emergency vehicles, including four fire engines and one ambulance, arrived at the property at around 10.45pm, by which time the blaze was well involved.
Emergency fire services were able to put out the fire and two residents from the ten-bedroom house were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The entire house was damaged by smoke, with one bedroom particularly badly affected by the blaze.
The Otago Daily Times has reported that the fire is being treated as suspicious and a police communications spokesperson confirmed to Critic that the case has been referred to the Dunedin Crime Information Bureau (CIB).
Critic has received reports that the car of one of the students living in the house was set on fire earlier this month. The house is also rumoured to be haunted. Critic speculates a mad wife locked in the attic may be the solution to the mystery and has passed on its theory to the CIB.
House damaged: Fire involved
