{"id":4504,"date":"2023-05-16T06:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2023-05-16T06:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:51:07","slug":"wellington-fire-multiple-people-dead-after-large-fire-breaks-out-at-loafers-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4504","title":{"rendered":"Wellington fire: Multiple people dead after large fire breaks out at Loafers Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Multiple people are dead after a fire broke out at a four-storey hostel building in central Wellington overnight.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency were called to the Loafers Lodge hostel, on Adelaide Rd, just before 12.30am where a fire was well involved on the top floor.<\/p>\n
The blaze was quickly elevated to a fifth alarm, with 20 fire trucks on the scene by 4am.<\/p>\n
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Wellington Fire and Emergency District Manager Nick Pyatt said 52 people have been accounted for from the building, with a number of people still unaccounted for and multiple people will be dead.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI can sadly report that this will be a multi-fatality incident. Our thoughts at this time are with the families of those who have perished and with our crews who valiantly rescued those and attempted to rescue those that they couldn\u2019t,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is our worst nightmare. It doesn\u2019t get worse than this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFire at Loafers Lodge in Wellington in which several people are unaccounted for. Photo \/ Angelia Zhang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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