Attributable to Detective Sergeant Dylan Ross:
Police have made an arrest in relation to the fire at Leviathan Heritage Hotel in Dunedin earlier today.
Dunedin CIB, along with Fire and Emergency NZ, completed a scene examination at the hotel this morning, following reports around 8am of fires being lit.
A 35-year-old woman has this afternoon been arrested and charged with arson. She is due to appear in Dunedin District Court tomorrow.
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Issued by the Police Media Centre