Northland man charged with arson after home destroyed by fire
18 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Firefighters managed to save a shed at the Ngawhitu Rd property but the house was too far gone. Photo / Supplied
Firefighters managed to save a shed at the Ngawhitu Rd property but the house was too far gone. Photo / Supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A man has been charged with arson after a house burned to the ground in the rural Mid North on Sunday night.
The alarm was raised just after 10pm on Ngawhitu Rd, west of Moerewa off Ngapipito Rd.
Kaitaia house fire treated as suspicious
21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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This Kaitaia house was ablaze from end to end by the time the first fire appliance arrived, minutes after the alarm was raised.
Northern Advocate
Police and Fire and Emergency NZ are investigating the fire that destroyed a house in Tangonge Cres, Kaitaia, on Friday afternoon.
Detective Richard Garton said a Fire and Emergency investigator had not determined the cause of the blaze, but it was being treated as suspicious. Police would progress their investigation once FENZ had completed its inquiry.
Two tenants and a neighbour had been at the address when the fire began, he said. All had escaped unharmed, while another neighbour had rescued the resident dogs.