24 Sep 2017

Fatal Dunedin housefire investigated

7:16 pm on 24 September 2017

A post-mortem will be done tomorrow on the body of a person who died in a house fire in Dunedin on Friday night.

The police said they were continuing to investigate what happened at the Nutsford St address.

The unit was well ablaze when emergency service were called at about midnight on Friday.

The property has been forensically examined, and cordons and guards remain at the scene.

The person has yet to be formally identified.