One person has died in a house fire overnight in New Plymouth.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the single-storey house on Oranga Street just before 11pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency shift manager Belinda Beets said an adult was found dead in the blaze, while a child was in hospital with burns to their hands.<\/p>\n
It was initially reported as a bedroom fire, however, firefighters found it “well-involved” upon arrival.<\/p>\n
Beets earlier said it was unclear whether everyone had escaped the fire because “people kept going back into the house, so we weren’t sure if everyone was out or not”.<\/p>\n
That prompted an immediate response from police and ambulance, she said.<\/p>\n
Three fire trucks and two operational support vehicles were on site at the peak of the fire.<\/p>\n
Firefighters left at 3.30am and the site was now in the hands of police.<\/p>\n
Beets said fire investigators and CIB would return on Thursday morning to continue with the investigation.<\/p>\n
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