No-one hurt in Waitati house blaze

One person was evacuated from a house fire in Waitati last night.

Fire appliances from Willowbank, Waitati, Roslyn and Dunedin responded to a house fire on Doctors Point Rd about 5.30pm.

Waitati Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Jeff Burrows said the cause of the fire was being investigated.

"At this stage, it appears to have started at the back part of the house."

PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON
PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

By about 6pm, firefighters had "knocked the main part of the fire", he said.

"We’re just dealing with some hot spots up in the ceiling space."

He said the crew got to the house "pretty quickly".

No injuries were reported.

 

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