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Landslide causes carport, car to fall on to property; five people rescued overnight

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NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 30 Jan 2023, 9:01am

Landslide causes carport, car to fall on to property; five people rescued overnight

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 30 Jan 2023, 9:01am

It has been another busy night for emergency services responding to weather-related calls - including flooding, slips and several rescues - across Auckland. Several people have been rescued, including at least one person who was rescued when a car and carport collapsed in a landslide in Titirangi.

Fire and Emergency said five people were rescued from properties hit by landslips, or they had become trapped by floodwater.

Ken Cooper, who’s running the FENZ Region coordination centre in Auckland, told RNZ that crews fielded about 60 calls for help overnight from Auckland into the Waikato. There were no reported injuries.

Among those call-outs was the incident in Titirangi, West Auckland, where a landslip caused a carport and vehicle to fall on to a property below.

A landslip caused a vehicle to fall onto a property below in Titirangi, West Auckland, overnight. Photo / Hayden WoodwardA landslip caused a vehicle to fall onto a property below in Titirangi, West Auckland, overnight. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Emergency services were called to Otitori Bay Rd just after midnight. It is understood at least one person was at the house at the time and has since been relocated

Meanwhile, in the same suburb, emergency crews were called to Paturoa Rd just over an hour later after a landslip endangered a house.

Emergency crews in Titirangi overnight after a landslide on Paturoa Rd. Photo / Hayden WoodwardEmergency crews in Titirangi overnight after a landslide on Paturoa Rd. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Firefighters and police were spotted in a number of vehicles, including a van, near Paturoa Rd shortly after 1.30am.

It is understood a number of people have been evacuated from their homes.

The road was also closed due to the slip.

Authorities have been approached for more information.

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