A man fled naked from his blazing home at Korokoro, near Wellington, early today.
Neighbour Clare Ree said she heard a crackling noise coming from a neighbouring property at 2am.
"I put my head out the window, the flames were shooting up through the middle of the roof, I heard Grant Harmon (the occupant) screaming.
"I ran downstairs, rang 111, found a bathrobe because he had nothing on."
She said she bundled Mr Harmon into her car and drove to a nearby property because she feared for their safety as the fire threatened to spread to other homes.
Today only blackened stumps of wooden pole foundations and timber framing and masonry remained of the house Mr Harmon spent seven years building.
- NZPA
Naked man flees burning house
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