House damaged in Stewart Is fire

A house on Stewart Island has been severely damaged by fire overnight.

Firefighters were called to the unoccupied house fire on Miro Cres at 1.45am today.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Andrew Norris said when the island's two Oban crews arrived they found the single storey house well ablaze.

"They managed to stop it getting to any neighbouring property."

Mr Norris said the cause of the fire would be determined by an Invercargill fire investigator who might travel to the island today. 

 

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