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Focus: Loafers Lodge Fire claims several lives
A fire at the Loafers Lodge in Wellington has claimed the lives of several residents and displaced over 50. Video / NZ Herald
A fire at the Loafers Lodge in Wellington has claimed the lives of several residents and displaced over 50. Video / NZ Herald
Wellington's busiest fire truck was off-duty for 58 hours before the lethal Newtown blaze.
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11 people are still missing, 52 people rescued from the building on Adelaide Rd.
The well-involved fire is located inside a small residential unit on Porchester Rd.
The fire was seen as far afield as North Shore.
Firefighters rushed to a two-storey house on Maungawhau Road in Epsom Tuesday morning. Video / Carson Bluck
Fifty-two people were rescued from the building on Adelaide Street.
National Party leader Christopher Luxon and deputy leader Nicola Willis speak at the scene of the tragic Wellington Hostel fire in Newtown. Video / Mark Mitchell
FENZ Deputy National Commander Brandan Nally gives an update on the Wellington hostel blaze where up to ten people may have died. Video / Mark Mitchell
PM Chris Hipkins, local MP Grant Robertson and Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau speak at the scene of the fatal Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Newtown. Video / Mark Mitchell
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Police have been called into investigate the suspicious blazes.
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The university says it's 'deeply saddened' by the triple-fatal crash.
'None of us had been to anything that major in recent times.'
A fire investigator was at the scene of the incident.
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The fire, which started in the roof, was reported to Fenz around 4.30pm.
Some spectators thought the alarming blaze was part of the show.
A battery recycling facility in Avondale went up in flames overnight. Video / David Killp
Police say it is the second station to be solar-powered in New Zealand.
This could mean dire outcomes for Auckland's fire response, a union warns.
Newmarket's business boss says the fire had caused millions worth of damage.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze which broke out in Wellington's central city shortly before midnight on the 18th of April. Video / Sky Pomare
Urban Search & Rescue teams installed bracing to keep the building structurally sound.
Regional council faces difficult decision about debris.