5 Feb 2012

Houses gutted in separate fires

1:14 pm on 5 February 2012

Two houses have been gutted by fire in separate incidents on Sunday.

In Auckland, a woman was taken to Middlemore Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in her Papatoetoe home about 4am.

In New Plymouth, the Fire Service says a house in Mead Place was engulfed in flames when they arrived about 8am.

It says everyone in the house has been accounted for.