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Three fire trucks rushed to reports of people trapped in a house fire on Girrahween Drive, Tōtara Vale.
The sound of a woman’s scream woke her up and when she looked out her window she saw her neighbour’s house engulfed in flames.
Residents on Girrahween Drive in Totāra Vale, Auckland were woken by screams and sirens when a fire engulfed a property there early this morning.
One person was rescued and taken to hospital in a serious condition while 2 others escaped unscathed.
Three fire trucks rushed to reports of people trapped in a house fire on the street 5.43am on Monday.
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When they arrived, one person was still in the home. Firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control by 6.30am.
A station officer on the scene said two people self-evacuated from the home and firefighters rescued one person.
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Firefighters managed to contain the blaze that engulfed a house on Girrahween Drive, Totara Vale
A neighbour, who did not want to be named, said he woke up to smoke and the sound of running feet.
“At first I thought it was my house. But when we saw it, my wife called the fire brigade. It went down fast,” he said.
Another neighbour, said she was woken by a scream and loud noises.
“I didn’t know what it was, I thought it was road works and machinery then I heard a woman scream,” she said.
“It was quite scary. All these homes are like 50 years old, but nothing like this has ever happened here,”
Police confirmed everyone has been accounted for.
Fire investigators are now at the property.
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