6 Jan 2009

Fire victims were children

1:05 pm on 6 January 2009

The four who died in a house fire in Mangere were children.

The Fire Service was called to the blaze in Nicola Place at 12.45am on Tuesday: 10 people were at the three-bedroom house at the time.

Two adults and two other children were taken to Middlemore Hospital.

A man, 44, and a girl, 13, are described as being in a critical condition in intensive care. Details are not available on the others.

It's believed the fire began in the kitchen.

The Fire Service says a thorough investigation will begin when the bodies have been removed.