Firefighters have managed to successfully contain a large fire in the Auckland suburb of Glendene.
It took seventeen fire crew to extinguish the fire at a house on Bancroft Avenue after they were called to the blaze at around nine this evening.
A firefighter on the scene says initially two trucks were called, but on their approach they could see a large fire and made the call for additional crew.
He says the fire was caused by a gas cylinder explosion inside a large, single-storey house at the end of the driveway.
"It was complicated by large cylinders on the outside and concern about other buildings."
