Death After Fire, Riwaka

A man has died following a fire at a Riwaka address yesterday.

Emergency services were called to the property about 10.50am on Sunday after a report of a house fire.

One person was initially unaccounted for. Sadly, they were located deceased after the fire was extinguished.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the fire are ongoing, and the man's death will be referred to the Coroner.

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