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A fire gutted a home in Massey, leaving paraplegic Chloe Wigg and her father with nothing.
Wigg was paralysed from the waist down in a car accident nine years ago and has lived with her father in the Kāinga Ora house for six years.
She said she staying with a friend last night when the fire broke out.
Chloe Wigg with her dad. They say they have been left with nothing after a fire gutted their home last night.
“My dad was in bed asleep, and he just woke up to the fire alarm going off, the smoke alarm.”
Wigg said her dad ran to go find their dog but found a wall of flames instead.
He hurriedly grabbed their pet and jumped out the window wearing nothing but his underwear. He was later taken to hospital for smoke inhalation but is expected to make a full recovery.
She got the call at 1.30am from a police officer who said although her dad and dog were safe, everything else was gone.
“So all of my stuff that I used to get around and have a shower … I’ve lost all of that.”
West Auckland fire crews have extinguished the fire in the single-storey home. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Wigg said she had waited for five years while ACC completed various renovations around the home like installing ramps and modifying the shower: “It’s just all gone.”
She had not been to her home this morning out of fear of what she might see.
“I’m so numb to it all right now … I don’t want it to feel real.”
Wigg said all they have left are the clothes on their backs and her phone.
