Deadly Wellington hostel fire being treated as arson, police say
by Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington from World news | The Guardian on (#6BRY2)
New Zealand police open homicide inquiry after at least six die in Loafers Lodge blaze
A fire that erupted in a Wellington hostel, killing at least six people, is being investigated as arson by New Zealand's police, who have started a homicide inquiry.
Nobody has been arrested, Inspector Dion Bennett said on Wednesday. He would not say why officers believed the fire was deliberately lit, or whether accelerants were used.
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