Toddler has critical injuries after central Auckland 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.

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.