Eight fire trucks arrived near the intersection of State Highway One and Springfield Road about 8:15 this evening to find the house well involved in flames.

No occupants are reportedly inside, and the blaze is contained to the house.

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15 Dec: One person's been seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 8, Otago's Manuka Gorge Highway, just after 6 this evening

15 Dec: A cyclist is seriously injured, following a collision with a car on State Highway 6, south of Queenstown

15 Dec: Three serious water-related incidents across the North Island in a matter of hours

15 Dec: Three people have drowned in the past 24 hours

15 Dec: One person has died after a motorcycle crashed in Pukekawa between Hamilton and Auckland

15 Dec: Two people are dead and many more injured after crashes in the North Island overnight

15 Dec: A search is underway for a man missing after jumping off a bridge into the Waikato River

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