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A child has been taken to Starship Hospital with critical injures after a “well-involved” house fire.
A toddler has been taken to Starship Hospital with critical injures after a fire spread through a house in Pt Chevalier, Auckland.
According to Carlos Screen, a neighbour, the child is about 2 or 3.
He said the toddler had been “badly burned, back legs, everything”.
Neighbours were pouring water over the toddler, before the child was taken away in an ambulance, he said.
A spokesperson from Fire and Emergency NZ said they were called to the blaze just after 10.30am.
A St John spokesperson said two ambulances and one rapid response vehicle attended the fire.
“One patient with critical injuries was taken to Starship Hospital,” they said.
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Three fire trucks are attending the fire.
Three fire trucks are currently in attendance and incident is ongoing, they said.
A nearby resident, Tania Sunde, said the front room of a house on Rama Rd was alight.
The road had been blocked off, she said.
A police spokesperson said police are assisting Fenz.
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