North Shore blaze kills one

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The Castor Bay property was well ablaze when fire crews arrived. Photo credit: Getty

A person has died following a house fire on Auckland's North Shore.

The Castor Bay property was well ablaze when fire crews arrived at Taumata Rd around 10:30pm on Friday.

A body was later found inside. 

Five trucks attended, and were at the scene for several hours.

Aucklander Lindsay Mouat posted a photo of the blaze to social media site Twitter, saying it was neighbour's house.

"Hope they are safe," he wrote. 

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause.

Newshub.