A house has gone up in flames in the south Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe, sending black smoke into the sky.
Video sent to Newshub by an eyewitness shows the two-storey house on Cornwall Road well ablaze.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) said they were alerted to the fire at 8:43am.
FENZ said there are currently six fire appliances in attendance working to extinguish the fire.
