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      Home > News > National > Upper South Island

    Revelations one person survived a fatal house bus fire on the South Island's West Coast this morning

    Revelations one person survived a fatal house bus fire on the South Island's West Coast this morning


    Emergency services were called to Blue Spur, around 6 kilometres east of Hokitika, after 4am.

    A FENZ spokesperson says crews arrived to find a house bus well engulfed, and a body inside.

    Police say one person made it out of the house bus unharmed.

    The cause of the fire is under investigation.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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