A lightning strike set fire to a house in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn on Friday night, as thunderstorms hit the centre of the region.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency said the lightning caused a blaze throughout the roof of the two-storey house on Home Street around 5:40pm on Friday night.<\/p>\n
It was contained to that property and put out.<\/p>\n
Three stations and a fire investigator responded, and an ambulance also attended to the people from the house.<\/p>\n
A St John spokesperson said one ambulance attended the incident and treated one person in minor condition at the scene.<\/p>\n
They did not require transport to hospital, St John said.<\/p>\n
The New Year’s severe weather is forecast to continue elsewhere in the North Island on Saturday, with a heavy rain warning in Hawke’s Bay north of Napier from 7am till Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
There is also a heavy rain warning in Gisborne from 11am Saturday till 11am on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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