Hastings home scorched as hoarded goods that surrounded it go up in flames
A huge pile of hoarded goods caught fire overnight on Friday, starting an inferno that spread to the home they had surrounded.
One person was assessed at the scene by Hato Hone St John in a minor condition after the blaze in a residential property on Frederick St, near the
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