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Electrical fault likely cause of house fire

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The fire that destroyed an old three-bedroom home on Putere Road at Raupunga south of Wairoa on Monday morning was caused by some sort of electrical fault.

Two men living in the home were woken from their sleep by a passerby who saw the fire starting at around 6am Monday morning.

They managed to get out of the house safely.

Firefighters said the blaze spread very quickly and most of the home wa...


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