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Police are investigating an unexplained death at the scene of a house fire in Manurewa.
A body has been found by police after a house fire in Auckland’s Manurewa.
The fire happened at a home on Nina Place on Saturday night, with the police treating it as an unexplained death.
A man living at the property was in Middlemore Hospital with extensive burns, police said.
A police officer was stationed at a cordon at the scene – down a narrow, quiet cul-de-sac – on Sunday evening. The charred remains of the house were visible down the driveway.
A post-mortem examination will take place in the next few days to confirm the identity and determine the cause of death.
The investigation will be done by police, with support from Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
Locals should expect to see police at the scene until the examination is complete, they said.
Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Carlos Dempsey said they received multiple 111 calls about a house on fire shortly after midnight on Sunday.
The fire was “well involved” when crews arrived, but was under control within the first 30 or 40 minutes, and was extinguished.
Crews had remained on scene throughout the day, and specialist fire investigators were still there at 5pm working to determine the cause.
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