Emergency services were called to a Devon Street home shortly after 11pm.

And in Auckland Police are investigating a blaze at a home in Henderson last night.

Those inside at the time were able to escape uninjured.

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24 Apr: Gisborne police are appealing for witnesses to a sexual assault near the Boardwalk, on April 9

24 Apr: A Police search continues for a fisherman who fell from their boat off the Waikato coast yesterday

23 Apr: A month after a Gisborne birthday party that ended with the death of two men - no further changes have been laid

23 Apr: A person's been arrested after a hunt, accused of ramming a Police car with a stolen vehicle in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne

22 Apr: The family of a Northland police officer hit by a car over the weekend is planning her tangi and waiting for the coroner to release her body

21 Apr: Matt Payne has finished the best of the Kiwis in fourth in the final Supercars race at the Taupo 400

21 Apr: The pedestrian killed after being hit by a vehicle in Helena Bay, near Whangarei, was an off-duty policewoman

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