New Zealand police say they believe a fire that killed at least six people in a Wellington hostel was arson and launched a homicide investigation.
Morning light bathes the scene Wednesday, May 17, 2023, after an apartment fire at Loafers Lodge in Wellington, New Zealand. A fire ripped through the hostel in New Zealand's capital Tuesday, killing multiple people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief called his"worst nightmare." in a Wellington hostel was arson and launched a homicide investigation.
Bennett also told reporters there was more reconnaissance and examination to be done in some unstable parts of the four-story hostel building and his “gut feeling” was the death toll could rise. News outlet RNZ identified Liam Hockings, a journalist, as one of the hostel's residents who was missing. RNZ said Hockings is the brother of the BBC presenter Lucy Hockings.
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