Emergency services were called to a property on Derby Street just before 5am, where the house was fully ablaze.

A scene guard's in place and Police are investigating the cause of the fire.

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08 Aug: A 12-year-old boy is seriously injured after crashing a stolen car in Christchurch overnight

08 Aug: A post-mortem and scene examination are underway after a woman was found dead in an Auckland apartment block

07 Aug: A 3.8 magnitude earthquake has rattled the Whanganui area - just after 4pm

07 Aug: Armed police have been carrying out a pre-planned police operation in the Rotorua suburb of Owhata this morning

07 Aug: Two people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital - one of them critical - after an incident at a property in Linwood

07 Aug: Christchurch Police remain at the scene of a property in Linwood - where a man was found with a stab wound

07 Aug: A young cyclist's fatal collision with a turning concrete truck has prompted calls for change, from the Coroner

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