21 Jan 2018

Early morning blaze destroys Wellsford home

7:05 am on 21 January 2018

Fire is believed to have destroyed a house north of Auckland early this morning.

A Fire and Emergency spokeswoman said they were called to the Wellsford property shortly before 1am.

A firefighter on scene at an incident. 6 July 2016.

File photo. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

The attached garage was able to be saved, but the large single-storey house was understood to have been destroyed.

No one was injured.

Four fire trucks and a fire investigator remain at the scene.

At the height of the fire 13 fire trucks were there.