Pōkeno house fire: Devastating blaze inspires homeowner to help others
2 Feb, 2021 12:58 AM
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Pōkeno house fire: Drivers pull off State Highway 1 as home engulfed. / Supplied
For the first time in his life, Kamaldeep Sharma now understands what it feels like to be homeless.
The Pōkeno resident was left without a home when a fire ripped through his backyard and onto the deck; before it engulfed his entire house on Sunday afternoon.
He was left distraught, he said. But it would be ordinary members of the public, close friends and the local Pōkeno community especially that would lift his spirits again.
Overheated lawnmower thought to be cause of huge Pōkeno house fire
1 Feb, 2021 04:24 PM
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Pōkeno house fire: Drivers pull off State Highway 1 as home engulfed. / Supplied
A faulty lawnmower is thought to be the cause of a ferocious house fire that sent massive plumes of black smoke into the sky south of Auckland.
Kamaldeep Sharma had spent the morning and early afternoon yesterday doing a spot of gardening at his home in Pōkeno - cutting back bushes and mowing the lawn.
But shortly after 2.30pm, he spotted flames coming from the back yard and ran out of the house with his 13-year-old daughter Ilina.