A person has died in a house fire in the Chatham Islands.
Police confirmed the fatality after reports of a house fire at a residential property yesterday afternoon in a remote part of the Chatham Islands.
Emergency services were called to the scene about 3.30pm.
"The body of a deceased person was subsequently discovered in the house," a police spokesman said this morning.
The circumstances of the fire are not yet known.
Police staff from the Wellington CIB are due to travel to the area to carry out a scene examination and to make further inquiries into the blaze.
It comes after the islands' 600-strong community was shocked following the death of a person struck by a falling tree on Wednesday.
The incident, which occurred on private property, was reported by the local police officer about 12.50pm.
The death had been referred to the Coroner.
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