A person had to be helped from a house fire in Invercargill this morning.
A police spokeswoman said officers and firefighters were called to a house in Ward St, Waverley, about 7.15am.
Emergency services responded after a neighbour called 111 after seeing smoke leaving a house and a fire alarm sounding.
The female was checked by St John ambulance staff, she said.
A Fire Service spokesman said the blaze started after some food was left cooking on a stove.
The fire was contained to the oven, he said.
