Property owner previously questioned emergency response after four flats were damaged in February.

Two major house fires over the weekend left one family homeless and caused significant damage.

Sergeant Bautolu said no arrests or charges had been made so far.

Mr Sowane said fires involving vacant buildings were placing unnecessary pressure on the authority's resources as operating costs continued to climb.

According to preliminary information gathered at the scene, the fire may have originated in a prayer area inside the house.

Mr Dokonivalu served in the RFMF for three decades and was deployed three times to the Middle East, serving in Lebanon and Sinai.