Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious house fire in Wagga Wagga yesterday.

Just before 9pm (Wednesday 6 April 2016), emergency services were called to Evans Street after reports of a house on fire.

Officers from Fire & Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze which completely destroyed the house.

Police from Wagga Wagga Local Area Command were also in attendance and established a crime scene.

The house was unoccupied at the time and initial inquiries suggest the fire was deliberately lit.

Investigators are appealing for anyone with information about the incident to contact them at Wagga Wagga Police Station on (02) 6922 2599 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.