Emergency services were called to a house fire on Hall Jones St, Runanga at 3.47am on Sunday. Two houses have been badly damaged following a fire on the West Coast. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said emergency services were called to a house fire on Hall Jones St, Runanga at 3.47am on Sunday. On arrival firefighters found one house “well involved”, a short while later another house caught fire. Email sam.sherwood@stuff.co.nzNo-one was injured in either blaze, which are not being treated as suspicious.

Source: Stuff February 20, 2021 18:00 UTC