Wairoa Rd Fire Update - Post Mortem To Determine Cause Of Death

Posted by Gold FM on 22/08/2011

Police and fire safety officers are continuing to investigate a house fire on Wairoa Rd, west of Tauranga last Saturday night, August the 20th.

The body of a 50 year old man was found at the scene and the cause of death is yet to be established. A post mortem will be carried out to determine how the man died.

His name has not been released as a formal identification needs to be completed so that family can be informed of his death.

Seven appliances including the Waihi Fire Service water tanker attended the call out after the alarm was raised at about 8.30 pm on Saturday night.