Fire and Emergency says people kept running back into the fire on Oranga Street, which started about 11 last night.

Three trucks and two support vehicles managed to extinguish the blaze this morning.

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Other Upper North Island News

15 Aug: State Highway 5 is closed south of Rotorua, after a petrol tanker rolled in the Whakarewarewa area, leaving one person dead

14 Aug: A man's been found guilty of murdering two people at a 21st birthday in Gisborne - in March last year

14 Aug: A pedestrian's seriously injured after being hit by a truck southeast of Matamata, in Waikato

13 Aug: Kaitaia District Court has ruled in favour of the Tenancy Tribunal - over the status of motel residents

13 Aug: A seriously injured motorcyclist's been flown to Auckland Hospital, after a single-vehicle crash in Northland west of Whangarei - at Tangiteroria - just after 10

12 Aug: Businesses in South Waikato and Tauranga have been caught selling alcohol to minors in undercover operations

12 Aug: Police have recovered the body of a Northland man who never returned from a solo kayaking trip

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