A lightning strike was the cause of a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. Photo: Unsplash/ Rahul Viswanath
A lightning strike set fire to a house in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn on Friday night, as thunderstorms hit the centre of the region.
Fire and Emergency said the lightning caused a blaze throughout the roof of the two-storey house on Home Street around 5:40pm on Friday night.
It was contained to that property and put out.
Three stations and a fire investigator responded, and an ambulance also attended to the people from the house.
A St John spokesperson said one ambulance attended the incident and treated one person in minor condition at the scene.
They did not require transport to hospital, St John said.
The New Year's severe weather is forecast to continue elsewhere in the North Island on Saturday, with a heavy rain warning in Hawke's Bay north of Napier from 7am till Sunday morning.
There is also a heavy rain warning in Gisborne from 11am Saturday till 11am on Sunday.
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