{"id":641109,"date":"2026-10-25T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641109\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:44:08","slug":"auckland-house-fires-glen-eden-home-and-mt-albert-duplex-ablaze-overnight-one-treated-as-suspicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641109\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland house fires: Glen Eden home and Mt Albert duplex ablaze overnight, one treated as suspicious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Crews carried out an \u201cexternal fire attack\u201d to contain the blaze, Doughty said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere was no way we could get into the premises as the property was totally involved in fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOnce we arrived, the structure began to collapse, so crews remained outside and extinguished the fire externally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The abandoned home at the end of Shah Place was well involved when fire crews arrived, with neighbours watching on as crews battled the blaze. Photos \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The abandoned home at the end of Shah Place was well involved when fire crews arrived, with neighbours watching on as crews battled the blaze. Photos \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Neighbours watched on as firefighters battled the blaze, a Herald photographer at the scene said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Asked whether it was common for two-storey homes to collapse, Doughty said, \u201cIt does happen\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI would say because this place has been abandoned and nobody has noticed \u2013 it\u2019s been on fire for quite some time. We haven\u2019t had residents call us until they heard noises and realised the place was on fire.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">About 2am crews were called to a 15m by 10m K\u0101inga Ora duplex on Tasman Ave, Mt Albert, which was \u201cwell involved\u201d when they arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">There was initially concern for the occupants, Pennefather said, but crews found no one inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">It is understood it was empty at the time, he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">The blaze was contained by 2.27am, with the majority out by 4am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">A fire investigator is at the scene to determine the cause this morning. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Multiple fire crews battled a blaze at a K\u0101inga Ora flat on Tasman Ave in Mt Albert after a fire broke out early this morning. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Multiple fire crews battled a blaze at a K\u0101inga Ora flat on Tasman Ave in Mt Albert after a fire broke out early this morning. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Police have been contacted by the Herald for comment on both incidents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crews carried out an \u201cexternal fire attack\u201d to contain the blaze, Doughty said. \u201cThere was no way we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[46402,10049,95,806,51,307823,8142,2079,63,34981,36568,1345,6800,10053,10048,111,43,139,69,5270,6507,1321,1552,23505,29863,2201,102],"class_list":["post-641109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-ablaze","tag-albert","tag-and","tag-as","tag-auckland","tag-duplex","tag-eden","tag-fire","tag-fires","tag-flames","tag-glen","tag-home","tag-homes","tag-house","tag-mt","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-overnight","tag-services","tag-suspicious","tag-treated","tag-treating","tag-went","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}