9 Dec 2013

One dead after fire in Upper Hutt flats

6:20 am on 9 December 2013

A person has died in a fire in a block of flats in Trentham in Upper Hutt.

Firefighters were called to a block of flats on Merton Street just after 8pm on Sunday.

Initially firefighters thought all of the block's occupants were unhurt, however a body was found a short time later.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.