Over-heated laptops are believed to be behind a fire which destroyed a Tauranga home last night.
Shelly Sellars said she was gutted she would no longer be able to stay at her rental home on Waihi Road, which was ''unsalvageable'' today.
Ms Sellars said she and her daughter were at the supermarket when her flatmate called and told her the house was on fire.
Ms Sellars ditched her trolley and went home to find her house in flames.
Today she was assessing the damage.