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A resident of Loafers Lodge in Wellington, where at least six people died in the May 16 fire, told the WSWS that people struggled to escape from the upper floors.

By Tom Peters Nearly a week after the horrific fire at the Loafers Lodge boarding house in New Zealand, the number of deaths has still not been confirmed. Yesterday, police said the toll was fewer than 10, with five bodies recovered so far from the ...

The fire at Loafers Lodge in Wellington is being investigated as arson, but there are growing indications that rundown and unsafe conditions in the building contributed to the blaze and deaths of more than six people.

With New Zealand police now treating the fatal fire at a Wellington hostel as arson, former residents recall how they managed to escape the burning building and the stark conditions inside.

The fire tore through the building on Tuesday, leaving six people dead

A man has been charged with two counts of arson in relation to the fire at the Wellington hostel that left six people dead.
A police spokesperson said the

The man has been charged with two counts of arson after the fire killed at least six people

Police said they were not looking for anybody else in connection with the fire, which consumed the four-story, 92-room hostel early Tuesday

Police charged man for a fire that erupted on the top floor of Loafers Lodge in Wellington early Tuesday, killing six.