28 Dec 2009

Fire at Malaysian High Commission

10:45 pm on 28 December 2009

Three people were taken to hospital following a fire at the Malaysian High Commission in Wellington on Monday evening.

The fire service responded to the blaze, in the suburb of Brooklyn, just after 5pm.

Two people were evacuated from the two storey building, and ambulance staff later took three people to hospital for observation.

The fire has since been put out.