Multiple crews battle Delhi Ave house fire in Aramoho

A home has been destroyed and two people suffered minor burns after a fire in Aramoho on Thursday.

Whanganui senior station officer Doug Bennett told the Chronicle there was "serious damage" on "two thirds to three quarters of the house".

"It's pretty much destroyed," he said.

Emergency services received multiple calls at 11.55am and the Delhi Ave fire was attended by four fire crews and an operational support team.

"There were some LPG cylinders that probably contributed a lot to rapid fire spread as they caught fire quite early on. It added to the fuel."

Photo / Bevan Conley.

A witness said it happened quickly.

"The whole side of the house went up so quickly. It was a big bang. It just went boom. A lot of flames came up quickly."

The blaze started just before 12pm on Thursday. Photo / Bevan Conley

Bennett also confirmed two people were transported to Whanganui Hospital suffering minor injuries, believed to minor burns and smoke inhalation.

Bennett confirmed the fire was not being treated as suspicious, but fire investigators were currently on the scene determining the cause.

"It actually took a while to put out. The fire was quite deep-seated under it," he said.

"We took a tanker on first response, but it took us a bit of time to secure water supply from people's supply tanks. We never ran out of water, but we had to be a bit careful how much water we were using when it was quite a finite supply.

"We had to make sure we were protecting the bits that were still standing rather than wasting it on the stuff that's already lost."