News Story
A Mt Albert house was left racked by flames this morning after fire swept through the art-deco residence in Raurangi Road on the slopes of Owairaka. Firefighters from 4 appliances worked to extinguish the blaze which also destroyed a car in the basement garage. The distinctive house featured in the 1990 movie "Ruby and Rata", a comedy, which ironically included in the cast wayward 8 year old, Willie, portrayed as a child fire-lighter. Members provided scene protection during the house fire, the second call the Brigade responded to overnight: the other was a long-duration job at an incident in Ash Street, Avondale, where an elderly local woman pedestrian died at the scene after being struck by a car. Operational Support personnel closed the busy arterial route during the emergency and while police carried out scene investigations
