Within hours of a Pāpāmoa couple's home being destroyed in a "scary" fire, the local community had already rallied around them.
Pāpāmoa Beach Rd was blocked off by emergency services yesterday morning after being called to the two-storey house fire, near McCallum Place.
Firefighters assess the damage after a house fire in Papamoa. Photo / George Novak
Reports of the fire came in at8.52am and it was well-involved when the first of four crews arrived, Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Daniel Nicholson said.
No one was trapped inside or injured in the incident but the house was destroyed and a local family left heartbroken. Firefighters were still at the scene at lunchtime, dampening down hot spots.
Within three hours of the fire, a Crowdfunding page had already raised about $200 for those living there. As at 7pm Wednesday the page had raised $2025.
Firefighters work to dampen down a fire that destroyed a house in Papamoa. Photo / George Novak
The page was set up by friend Barbara Noghera who said on the page Sandra Harrison got a call while at work and arrived home to find it destroyed. Harrison and partner Brett lost everything, the page said.
"This is absolutely heartbreaking for the whole family as this was a family home where so many memories were made."
The couple did have insurance but the Givealittle page was aimed at helping put their lives back together and buy what was lost, Noghera said.
