Focus: Large house fire in Massey
A large house fire has sent plumes of smoke across West Auckland overnight. Video / Hayden Woodward
A large house fire has sent plumes of smoke across West Auckland overnight. Video / Hayden Woodward
'It’s been a while since we attended a serious incident of this nature.'
A man in his 30s was in a serious condition in Hawke’s Bay Hospital on Thursday.
Crews have put out the Far North fires in Mōtatau and Ōpononi.
It is not yet clear how the fire started.
Seven fire appliances from Kawakawa, Hikurangi and Whangārei brigades rushed to the scene.
An investigation has been launched into similar boarding houses.
Fire and Emergency NZ cannot yet say how large or severe the fire is.
A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said firefighters were called at about 1.31pm.
Police said the fire was being treated as suspicious.
The scrub fire decimated 50ha of vegetation.
Emergency services received reports of a crash on Gracechurch Drive about 7.10pm.
Two people were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.
Dozens of firefighters have been sent, along with a helicopter.
The person's body was found at the scene by emergency teams.
Battling the remote fire is complicated by the fact there is no road access.
It comes a month after a huge blaze that forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes.
Emergency services responded to a rubbish fire on Ellis St in Frankton on Thursday.
Four of the fires were at residential properties, causing considerable damage.
The Hastings crash involved a car and a bicycle.
Emergency services were called to the two-car crash on Eltham Rd.
The fire broke out yesterday but was contained within a few hours.
Four fire trucks were sent to the incident on Invergarry Rd.
Crews were expecting to remain at the scene for several hours.
Southbound traffic has come to a standstill.
Police treat questions asked by the HC Post about holiday period crime figures as OIA.
Spectators are asked to stay away from the old Westpac building during the exercise.
The senior firefighter was taken to hospital after falling 2.7m in the blaze.
More than 30 firefighters roused from their beds after blazes deliberately lit at 2am.
One patient was transported to Middlemore Hospital.