Flames and smoke 'billowing' from Taupō house fire
Fire and Emergency services received multiple calls about the fire from about 11.32am.
Fire and Emergency services received multiple calls about the fire from about 11.32am.
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Emergency services were called to a crash on Wehirua Rd around 8.30am.
Benjamin Rees fled through a window when the fire hit City Garden Lodge.
There were fears about the safety of the City Garden Lodge before the fire.
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When crews arrived the shed, which measures about 15m by 9m, the fire was 'well ablaze'.
Images of the blaze showed thick plumes of smoke filling the air.
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.
It was reported a tunnelling machine struck a gas main.
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.
Fire crews have battled through the night to contain a house fire in the suburb of Browns Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. Video / Charitha Udugama
Video from the scene shows the house well ablaze.