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Fire crews are responding to two serious house fires this morning - one in Invercargill and the other in Christchurch.
Four people are hurt, two in moderate condition, after a fire was reported just after 6am in the Invercargill suburb of Waikiwi.
Crews are also working to determinewho is responsible for a house fire in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans.
Fire crews were called to the blaze on Berwick St, just before 5am.