UPDATE: fatal house fire-Cobden

Police can now name the man who died following a house fire in Cobden on 22 July 2022.

He was 67-year-old Robert Earle Corson.

Police extend their sympathies to his family at this sad time.

Provisional findings indicate the cause of the fire was not suspicious.

Enquiries are still ongoing in relation to the matter, including enquiries on behalf of the coroner.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.