Part of a busy road in Invercargill had to be closed this evening as crews battled a house fire. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said firefighters from Invercargill and Kingswell responded to a report of a fire in the bedroom of a home in Tay St at 5.50pm. Upon arrival, they found a small fire in a bedroom that was spreading to the second storey. They also asked police to close part of the road, as the hydrant access was on the opposite side of Tay St, the spokesman said. People were inside the house at the time of the fire but had got out, and there were no reports of any injuries.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 14, 2021 05:37 UTC