The fire reportedly broke out just after midnight and was put out around 6 am local time after more than 10 fire vehicles responded theSun thesundaily NewZealand ChrisHipkins LoafersLodge
Emergency services dampen down hot spots at the site of the fatal fire at the Loafers Lodge hostel building in the Wellington suburb of Newtown that has killed up to 6 people in Wellington on May 16, 2023/AFPPix: At least six people are dead and around 20 others are missing after a fire broke out overnight at a four-story hostel in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, local authorities said early Tuesday.
“It is a horrific situation. And in the fullness of time, of course, there’ll be a number of investigations about what has happened and why it happened. But for now, the focus clearly has to be on dealing with the situation,” he was reported as saying by Anadolu Agency.
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