New Zealand police say deadly hostel fire ‘suspicious’
Fire service members prepare an access for the police to the Loafers Lodge hostel where a fire broke out a day earlier in the suburb of Newtown in Wellington on May 17, 2023. Police say the deadly fire was ‘suspicious’, revealing a separate couch fire two hours earlier inside the building. – AFP pic, May 17, 2023.
NEW Zealand police said today a Wellington hostel blaze that killed at least six people was “suspicious”, revealing there was a separate couch fire two hours earlier inside the building. “As part of our enquiries, we will be seeking to confirm any link between that couch fire and the subsequent fatal fire,” police inspector and acting district commander Dion Bennett said in a statement.
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