One unaccounted for, six hurt in overnight house fires in Auckland, Dunedin, Marton, Hastings

One person is unaccounted for and six more were injured in house fires overnight. Photo / NZ Herald

One person is “unaccounted for” and six others have been injured – three needing hospitalisation – after a spate of housefires across the country overnight.

In the most recent, just after 6am this morning, a home just outside Marton burned down with one possible occupant still unaccounted for, Fire and Emergency Central shift manager Carlos Dempsey said.

Around a dozen firefighters from the Marton and Whanganui volunteer fire brigades put out the fire on Calico Line, with fire investigators and police now on the scene, Dempsey said.

A Hato Hone St John spokeswoman said they sent an ambulance, a rapid response unit and a manager to the fire.

“Our crews were not required for transportation. Please refer to police for more information.”

They were not immediately able to comment, a police spokeswoman said.

The incident came around four hours after four people were injured in a Dunedin house fire.

Hato Hone St John sent an ambulance and a rapid response unit, treating two in a minor condition at the scene and taking two more – one in a minor condition and another in a moderate condition – to Dunedin Hospital, a spokeswoman said.

The fire at the house on Allandale Rd in the suburb of St Clair was “significant”, with more than two dozen firefighters battling it at its peak, a Fire and Emergency spokesperson said this morning.

“A number of people were evacuated from the building.”

A fire investigator was expected at the scene this morning.

In Auckland, a person was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a moderate condition after a fire at a Potters Ave property in Mt Roskill just before 9pm, a Hato Hone St John spokeswoman said.

And in Hastings, a person “in a minor condition” was treated at the scene after a fire in a house in Mahora just before 2am, the spokeswoman said.

A fire investigator was expected to reach the scene this morning, a Fire and Emergency spokeperson said.

Firefighters were also called to a blaze at a property in Levin overnight, with the 4am fire being investigated by both police and Fire and Emergency, the spokesperson said.