Emergency services staff attend a fatal house fire in Highcliff Rd, Dunedin, yesterday.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said crews attended the scene following calls reporting smoke billowing from the house at 9.15am.
Police confirmed one person had died.
Photo: Gregor Richardson
Road closures remained in place for much of the day and parents of pupils were asked to collect their children from the Jeffrey St entrance, rather than from Highcliff Rd at the end of the school day.
Police and fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
