Fire destroys elderly couple's home

Police and the Fire Service are investigating a blaze that gutted an elderly couple's Wanganui house, early today.

Emergency services were called to the home in suburban Castlecliff about 4am, Constable Milton Ushaw said.

"Fortunately the elderly couple who own the house were away on holiday at the time."

The house was "extensively damaged", Mr Ushaw said.

The blaze has been extinguished and no other homes were damaged.

- NZPA