A body has been found inside a Christchurch flat devastated by fire yesterday.
The body was found by police and fire investigators while examining the scene of a fire that happened in the early hours at a Rutherford St address in Woolston.
It was located inside a self-contained flat at the rear of the property today, police said.
"The flat has been extensively damaged and at the time of the fire was believed to have been vacant," police said.
The body is yet to be identified.