A large fire has destroyed a family's home in West Auckland overnight

The fire broke out just after 12.30am on Seymour Rd in Henderson.

A woman was seen running around outside the property calling for her baby.

A photographer at the scene told the Herald a good Samaritan ran from a neighbouring home, with what appeared to be an infant.

He wasn't sure if the neighbour had initially gone into the burning house to get the child.

A northern fire communications spokesman says everyone who was at the house at the time of the blaze has been accounted for.