{"id":236445,"date":"2026-07-06T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236445\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:00:10","slug":"property-engulfed-in-flames-in-taurangas-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236445\/","title":{"rendered":"Property engulfed in flames in Tauranga&#8217;s Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency services are at the scene of a fire at a residential property in Tauranga&#8217;s Bethlehem this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Emergency New Zealand said crews arrived to find the structure, about 20m by 10m, fully involved in fire.<\/p>\n<p>Three trucks from Tauranga City and Greerton were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>FENZ said police were assisting with road closures and St John had been notified.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bethlehem-fire-SZUJY6XCOVATVHVOA3PUMSEZKI.jpg\" alt=\"A fire in Tauranga's Bethlehem this afternoon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A fire in Tauranga&#8217;s Bethlehem this afternoon. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage, FENZ is not treating it as one where someone is believed to be inside, but they cannot yet confirm that all occupants have been accounted for,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>A video sent to 1News showed a structure completely engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Another photo sent to 1News showed smoke coming from the area from another angle. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/smoke-billows-from-a-house-in-bethlehem-tauranga-R7633VMSVNHI3H6DDQOE2444EM.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke billows from a house in Bethlehem, Tauranga.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Smoke billows from a house in Bethlehem, Tauranga. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services are at the scene of a fire at a residential property in Tauranga&#8217;s Bethlehem this afternoon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,2767],"class_list":["post-236445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-tauranga-bay-of-plenty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}