Shipping container falls onto house

Emergency services needed the help of a crane to remove a shipping container which fell onto part of a house on Auckland's North Shore yesterday.

The six-tonne furniture container rolled off the vehicle in a driveway in Birkdale last night.

Northern Fire communications shift manager Steve Smith said four fire appliances were alerted to the accident at 8.15pm.

The container damaged the roof and side of the house as well as a sleepout.

About 10 people at the property at the time were shocked but unhurt.

The crane righted the container and the truck, which had also tipped over, and they were removed from the property after 11pm, he said.

- NZPA