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Loafers Lodge fire: Mayoral Fund paying for dentures, flights and 'everything that was lost'
City Missioner Murray Edridge said the money is making a huge difference.
City Missioner Murray Edridge said the money is making a huge difference.
Many of the nine victims hospitalised are in serious condition.
An open funeral will be held for Mike Wahrlich on Friday.
Where do we think our transient community sleeps? Somewhere secure, clean, warm, and dry?
Most buildings like Wellington's Loafers Lodge do not have sprinklers.
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Not every arsonist wants to hurt people, university researcher Dr Nichola Tyler says.
Tributes pour in for "always smiling" Wellington character killed in blaze.
Some tenants who lost everything in the blaze need the money to make a new start.
'I shut my eyes for a minute and I'm back in that place.'
The night of the fire the front door was broken, a resident said.
It is still unclear how many bodies lie in the remains of Loafers Lodge after the fire.
A complaint about the potentially fatal error did not lead to enforcement action.
The owner of a party hire business has been jailed after hiring arsonists to target rivals
Acting Wellington District Commander Inspector Dion Bennett confirms four bodies have been removed from Loafers Lodge and police have located the remains of a fifth person still inside the building. Video / George Heard
Raymond Lauder stumbled upon a couch blaze and rushed to warn residents as fire spread.
More bodies are set to be removed from fire-damaged Loafers Lodge today.
The city council says it will provide information as soon as it can.
A second truck wasn't available to stop the fire because it's been broken for over a year.
Loafers Lodge residents are struggling to piece their lives back together.
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At least six bodies have been found, and there are fewer than 20 people unaccounted for.
The fire in Wellington could have impacted many other buildings in a similar way.
Rules around sprinklers aren’t the only area of our building legislation to worry about.
Gregory Mein says they engaged the appropriate experts to make sure building was in order.
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Dozens of people were trapped inside the building as smoke filled corridors and rooms.
Loafers Lodge evacuee, Simon Hanify talks to the NZ Herald. Video / NZ Herald
An investigation is under way after reports said Loafers Lodge had no sprinklers.
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