A large tree split apart and crashed down on an Auckland property this afternoon, flattening a car and striking a house with four people – including a three-year-old child – inside.
The tree came down on the Kolmar Rd home at around 5pm on Tuesday, 1News understands, with Fire and Emergency NZ responding with one crew from Papatoetoe.
It broke into three pieces as it fell. One section landed on the roof of the house, and another crushed a car parked on the property.
Footage captured by 1News at the scene show the tree's roots wrenched out of the lawn, and its trunk and limbs lying across the front of the house.
None of the residents were injured.
Fire and Emergency NZ has been approached by 1News for further comment.
Auckland Council and Treescapes have also been contacted for comment.
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