Lake Tarawera fire: Crews dampening hot spots after two-storey house blaze

Fire at a Spencer Rd property at Lake Tarawera. Photo / Supplied

A fire at a Lake Tarawera property has been extinguished.

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said multiple crews battled the 20m by 10m fire at a two-storey dwelling on Spencer Rd this morning.

The fire was now out and crews were dampening down hot spots.

Initial reports came in around 8.15am of a fire in a carport attached to a house, a police spokeswoman said.

Fire at a Spencer Rd property at Lake Tarawera. Photo / Supplied

All people in the house have been accounted for and ambulance services were stood down.

A photographer at the scene said a column of "thick, black smoke" was seen coming from the house.

A reporter said there was a lot of smoke and the air was hazy.

Fire crews from Lake Tarawera, Lake Okareka, Rotorua and Ngongotahā were on scene.

The road was closed from about 230 Spencer Rd.

Fire crews at the scene. Photo / Andrew Warner

A Tarawera resident said she woke up to a phone call from her best friend in Auckland, asking her to check on their house.

"Their house is right next to the one that's burning.

"They're frantic."

Fire at a Spencer Rd property at Lake Tarawera. Photo / Supplied

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