Emergency services attending fire, death in Grey Lynn
Emergency services were called to the home around 8.19pm.
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Fire crews battling suspicious house blaze in Palmerston North
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House fire at property connected to homicide probe
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Fire breaks out in Dunedin Anglican cathedral
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