Police
were called to assist the Fire Service at a house fire in
Ponsonby this morning.
The house in Brown Street Ponsonby
caught fire just after 2:00 am and the the body of one
person was located in the building once the fire was
extinguished. No details of the victim or the cause of the
fire are available.
The police will be conducting an
investigation into the death on behalf of the
coroner.
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