Fire and Emergency was called shortly before 4 this afternoon and arrived to find the home well involved in flames.

It appears nobody was inside the building, and a fire investigator is now there.

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18 Aug: A 26-year-old is due in court today following a house fire in Palmerston North yesterday

16 Aug: To provincial rugby ... on Gold Sport ..

16 Aug: The Southland Stags have scored 29 unanswered second half points to stun Manawatu 29-22 in their NPC rugby contest in Invercargill after trailing 22-nil at halftime

13 Aug: A magnitude 4.8 earthquake's shaken Hastings - just before 6pm

11 Aug: Two people have been arrested during coordinated simultaneous drug and firearms busts in Manawatu and Auckland

09 Aug: Former All Black Leicester Fainga'anuku's led Tasman to a 49-17 NPC trouncing of Manawatu in his return to Trafalgar Park in Nelson

07 Aug: A man's been arrested after a baby was critically injured in Wairarapa last month

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