An elderly man has died his house caught fire in Blenheim early this morning.
Firefighters came through the flaming house's front door and pulled the man from outside, but found he had been overcome by smoke, police said.
The Fire Service was still putting out the blaze, which they had been fighting since 4am.
- NZPA
Elderly man dies in house fire
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