Fire devastated a Ngaio St property in Te Hapara on Saturday afternoon and strong southerly winds fanned the flames to burn a shed next door.
Fire and Emergency NZ received the first 111 calls about the blaze about 5pm.
“It started in a shed on the main property, spread to a caravan alongside that shed and from there the flames, fanned by the southerly, spread to the rear of the house,” a se...