Fire crews suppress ‘well-involved’ Whanganui house fire

Fire and Emergency NZ crews extinguished the fire in just over an hour. Photo / Fin Ocheduszko Brown

Fire crews quickly battled a “well-involved” house fire in Whanganui that filled the sky with smoke.

Fire and Emergency NZ responded to the Puriri St blaze with three vehicles from Whanganui at 11.55am on Sunday.

Fire and Emergency central shift manager Allison Munn said the fire was “well-involved” when crews arrived.

The fire, in a single-storey house, was estimated to be about 150sq m in size.

By 1.15pm, the fire was suppressed and crews shifted their focus to checking for hot spots.

Munn said a fire investigator attended the scene and investigations were ongoing.

There were no reports of injuries and there was no one was inside during the fire.

“Everybody was nice and safe,” Munn said.

Fin Ocheduszko Brown is a multimedia journalist based in Whanganui.