One person has been taken to Greymouth Hospital with moderate injuries following a fire at two houses on the West Coast. Fire and Emergency New Zealand said emergency services were called to a house fire on Hall Jones St, Runanga, at 3.47am today. Firefighters found one house "well-involved" and a second house caught fire a short while later. A St John spokeswoman said an occupant was attended to and taken to hospital at around 4am. "The patient suffered moderate injuries," she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 20, 2021 21:00 UTC