Ambulance staff are also at the scene on Meremere Street in Seaview, assessing the occupants of the house.

Fire Shift Manager John Ditmer says there are four crews at the scene.

It's believed the occupants of the house are elderly.

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Other Lower South Island News

04 Dec: Invercargill Police are probing a suspected arson that's destroyed four Treetech vehicles

03 Dec: State Highway 1 near Waimate in South Canterbury has reopened after a crash this afternoon

03 Dec: A man's been arrested after fleeing Police and crashing on State Highway 6 near Invercargill last night

02 Dec: A crash has closed State Highway Six near Lochiel, north of Invercargill

01 Dec: A Coroner has ruled that a woman's death while hunting in Otago two years ago, was a 'terrible accident.'

28 Nov: In domestic cricket's Plunket Shield, the Auckland Aces are in the box seat after three days' play at Mount Maunganui

27 Nov: Ongoing efforts in Southland and Otago to control multiple vegetation fires

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