Fire crews were called to a Tweed St property in Invercargill this afternoon after a family came home to find smoke coming from an upstairs bedroom. Photo: Abbey PalmerFirefighters are dampening hot spots after a bedroom fire at a house in Invercargill this afternoon. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said crews from Invercargill and Kingswell were called to scene in Tweed St about 4pm to extinguish the fire. The fire, which was not well involved, was in a bedroom on the second floor, he said. The fire has been extinguished and firefighters were just dampening down hot spots, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 16, 2019 04:41 UTC