Firefighters this morning battled a blaze in a Porirua East apartment block.
Four fire trucks attended the fire on Champion Street in Porirua East, said David Meikle, a Fire Service spokesman.
The apartment, one of four in the block, was alight when the fire service arrived at the scene.
The fire service received a call about the fire at 8.51am today.
The cause of the fire was not yet known.
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