Eight fire trucks arrived near the intersection of State Highway One and Springfield Road about 8:15 this evening to find the house well involved in flames.

No occupants are reportedly inside, and the blaze is contained to the house.

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18 Dec: A 64-year-old Tauranga man has died after a crash between a car and a pedestrian in the Bay of Plenty last week

18 Dec: An investigation's underway into reports of a firearm being discharged towards a house in New Plymouth

18 Dec: Four men have been arrested in Waikato, following search warrants related to the tangi of a prominent gang member

17 Dec: Two people are critically injured after a single-vehicle crash in Huntly, Waikato around 6:30 this evening

17 Dec: A man has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder - over a double shooting on Coromandel Peninsula

17 Dec: A man has been arrested in Northland - after allegedly ramming a police car with a stolen vehicle in Whangarei yesterday

16 Dec: A Tauranga man's facing the courts, after allegedly conning people out of tens of thousands of dollars

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