When Whanganui man Grant Garrett woke to find his house ablaze and roof collapsing, he leapt out the window to survive. The roof of the house caved in and the back of the house is destroyed, leaving a blackened shell. Garrett said he couldn't afford insurance for the house, which he has owned since 2014, and everything in it is gone. READ MORE: House deliberately torched in Whanganui while occupant was sleepingWARWICK SMITH/STUFF Grant Garrett's Whanganui house was burning down around him when he woke on July 1. "I opened up my bedroom door, the only closed door in the house, to see the whole house on fire.

Source: Stuff July 17, 2019 09:33 UTC