A person has died following a house fire in South Auckland just before noon today.
Emergency services were called to the blaze at a property on High St in Ōtāhuhu around 11.45am.
Fire and Emergency NZ responded with three fire trucks to extinguish the 6mx12m fire.
Police confirmed this afternoon one person had been “removed from the fire and sadly, despite medical attention, died at the scene”.
There was “nothing to immediately indicate” the fire had been suspicious, police said.
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A fire investigator remained at the scene, Fire and Emergency said.
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