KEY POINTS:
An 18-year-old man is dead after a flat fire in Oamaru early this morning.
The fire took hold at 5.20am in a flat above a shop on the corner of Thames and Eden Sts.
Police southern communications spokesman Trevor Cross said there were six people in the flat at the time. Five of them got out safely and were uninjured.
Police and fire safety officers are investigating the cause of the fire and are this morning interviewing witnesses.
- NZPA
