Fire at Te Awamutu school being treated as 'suspicious'

A fire at a high school in Waipa early this morning is being treated as “suspicious”.

Police and two fire trucks were called to the scene after a fire was lit next to a building at Te Awamutu College around 4.45am, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson told 1News.

A further two trucks arrived at the school after the fire was upgraded to a second alarm fire with "smoke showing".

The fire has since been extinguished, a police spokesperson told 1News.

There are no reports of injuries.

A fire investigator is now at the scene, where the fire is being treated as “suspicious”.

It comes after an earlier fire was reported in bins outside a building on nearby Mahoe St around 4.25am.

The fire was extinguished by the person who made the report, police said.

"It's believed that these incidents are linked."

Inquiries into the incident are ongoing.