Neighbours are in shock after a well-liked resident of their street died in a house fire in Auckland last night
Neighbours are in shock after a well-liked resident of their street died in a house fire in Auckland last night
31 August 2019
Emergency services responded to the blaze on Taumata Rd, in Castor Bay on the North Shore, just after 10.
Fire and Emergency shift manager Scott Osmond says five appliances with 20 firefighters were called in.
Crews worked at the scene until 3 this morning.
A body was found just after firefighters entered the home.
No one else was believed to be in the home at the time of the fire.
Police say the fire is not thought to be suspicious at this stage and an investigation continues.
Residents of the street say the man was well-known and very neighbourly.
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