By RNZ
A woman and her 3-year-old have escaped a fire in Auckland, while armed police went to the scene because of a gang presence.
“[They] managed to escape the fire’s wrath in the nick of time, but they were left with nothing more than the clothes on their backs,” a Givealittle page set up on Friday morning said.
“The fire didn’t just take their material possessions; it took away their sense of security, their comfort, the walls that housed them, their home.”
![The fire on Thursday night destroyed the two-storey home on Red Hills Rd in Massey. Photo / Hayden Woodward](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3P4FZ27YJRGBFDS5HVPM3JVN74.jpg?auth=ce6132bfec468884f5e0787c60e54067bd167a0d48bb8235827303a92ea2c71f&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)