Residents of Wellington's Loafers Lodge were woken to plumes of smoke and roaring flames billowing out of the hostel in the early hours of this morning.
Footage sent in to RNZ by one of the residents shows multiple fire trucks working to extinguish the blaze while residents watch on.
Now they want answers as to why fire alarms constantly went off causing confusion early this morning when the blaze engulfed the building.
Ashleigh McCaull reports.
