A person has died in a house fire in Christchurch this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Dickson Cres in Hornby at around 12.55pm, police said.
“Tragically, a resident of the house was found deceased inside the house.”
Four fire trucks were called to the scene but two have since been stood down, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson confirmed to 1News.
Cordons are in place on Dickson Cres while fire services continue work to extinguish the fire before carrying out a scene examination.
