Police vehicles and emergency tape at a Rathgar Road, Henderson, property where a person died in a house fire Photo: RNZ / Danielle Clent
Investigators hope they will this afternoon be able to recover the body of a person who died in an overnight fire.
Emergency services were called to a property on Rathgar Road in the west Auckland suburb of Henderson about 12.40am.
A garage or shed was on fire behind the house and a person was found dead at the scene.
Police said the death was being treated as unexplained. Photo: RNZ / Danielle Clent
Police said the death was being treated as unexplained.
A scene examination was being carried out on Thursday afternoon.
"We hope to be in the position to recover the person's body from the scene later today," police said in a statement.
"Formal identification procedures are yet to be completed and will be carried out at a later stage.
"Our thoughts and sympathies are with the person's whānau after what has occurred overnight."
The death would be referred to the coroner, police said.
