Waihi home hearth claims life, crews battle blaze

An individual has died in a home hearth in Waihi this morning.

Fireplace and emergency providers have been known as to the “effectively concerned” hearth in Montrose RD round 7.52 am after receiving a number of calls.

A fireplace and emergency spokesman stated that 4 hearth vehicles have been despatched and that they have been nonetheless working
To fully extinguish the fireplace.

“It was concerned after we received there, and since then they discovered a mortality,” he stated.