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Police have named the man killed in a north Waikato house fire.
Larren Nicholas Joseph, 38, of Meremere was found dead in his home in Meremere, 65km southeast of Auckland, following the blaze about 3am yesterday.
His 12-year-old daughter was pulled out of the house by firefighters . She had serious injuries and was also treated for smoke inhalation.
The girl is in a stable condition at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.
Three other people, the girl's step-mother and her two young children, both under three, escaped the blaze unhurt.
A post mortem is under way in Auckland to determine the cause of Mr Joseph's death.
The investigation into what caused the fire is continuing.
The house was destroyed in the blaze and fire safety officers were not treating the cause as suspicious.
Fire officer Kevin Hickey told TV3 that candles may have caused the fire. They were being used by the family when power was cut during the weekend's storm.
- NZPA
