One person has been injured after a fire ripped through a home in Christchurch.
All people have been accounted for but one person has suffered injuries to the hand and minor smoke inhalation.
Two fire crews were called to the early morning blaze on Linwood Ave just after 5am on Friday.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand acting shift manager Ian Littlejohn said the house was engulfed when crews arrived.
A fire investigator will be at the Linwood Ave house today. Photo: John Cosgrove
The fire was extinguished about 7.20am and is not being treated as suspicious.
A fire investigator has been sent to the scene. Littlejohn said the house is guaranteed to be written off.
-By Georgia O'Connor-Harding
