Drug gear found at 'well visible' Taupō house blazeEILISH PEARCE/SUPPLIED Flames had taken hold by the time firefighters arrived. Drug-related items were found at a house fire in Taupō - and the blaze was so visible that 111 calls were still coming in as firefighters battled it. EILISH PEARCE/SUPPLIED Bystanders snapped pictures of a large house fire in Hinemoa Avenue, Taupō. Four fire appliances - three from Taupō and one from Kinloch - arrived to find the single-storey house well ablaze. "They had lots of calls to it - must have been well visible," Osmond said on Tuesday morning.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2018 10:21 UTC