Man, 101, dies in rest home fire

A 101-year-old New Plymouth man died yesterday after a fire started in his room at the Molly Ryan Rest Home.

Leonard Fraser Moss was taken to Taranaki Base Hospital following the 3am blaze.

Sergeant Bruce Irvine told the Taranaki Daily News the fire appeared to have been started by clothes contacting a small electric heater.

- NZPA