Emergency services received reports of a house fire in Benghazi Rd, after 10.50pm on Friday. Photo / Hayden Woodward
A man has died following a "well involved" house fire in the Auckland suburb of Panmure on Friday night.
Emergency services received reports of a house fire in Benghazi Rd, Panmure, just after 10.50pm on Friday.
A police spokesperson said a man died in the fire.
A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they received multiple calls around 11pm on Friday about a "well involved" fire in Panmure.
"There was one person found inside the building," he said.
Three fire trucks attended the house fire.
"Police have a scene guard in place at the address, and fire investigators will be attending later today," a police spokesperson said.
The incident has been referred to the Coroner.
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