As put by Central District, Detective Inspector Brent Matuku:
A fire at a Waitaanga house, where a person was located deceased, is being treated as suspicious.
Police were called to the residential address on Waitaanga Road, around 8am on Wednesday 12 October.
A scene guard is in place while a Police scene examination continues.
Police are working to identify the deceased, who will be transported to Palmerston North for a post-mortem examination.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the fire are ongoing.
If you have any information that may assist the investigation please call 105 and reference the file number: 231011/2157
/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.
