Fire crews were called to the blaze -- in a single-level three-unit block on Gadsby Place -- just before midnight.

Elsewhere, crews were called to an overnight house fire in Huntly.

And one person has died after a two-car crash on Mokau Road in Northern Taranaki.

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30 Apr: Hamilton Police are asking the public for help as they investigate a woman being badly beaten - allegedly with a hammer

23 Apr: A man who was frustrated paramedics wouldn't treat an abscess on his buttocks hijacked an ambulance and crashed it twice into a Hamilton motel

20 Apr: Max Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton to win F1 Chinese sprint race

15 Apr: Waikato's first fleet of electric buses are serving Cambridge and Te Awamutu from today

10 Apr: Police are appealing for sightings of a Hamilton man - last seen in the city's CBD, near the transport centre on Monday

09 Apr: Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton have been awarded the three Black Caps' test matches against England in November and December

07 Apr: Armed police have arrested a 19-year-old man who allegedly pulled a firearm from a bag - at a Hamilton East address

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