M
ultiple people have died after a fire broke out at a four-story hostel in New Zealand.
Emergency services were called to the Loafers Lodge hostel in Wellington at about 12.30am on Tuesday.
Wellington Fire and Emergency district manager, Nick Pyatt, said 52 people have been accounted for, but that a number still remained unaccounted for.
“I can sadly report that this will be a multi-fatality incident,” he told reporters.
“Our thoughts at this time are with the families of those who have perished and with our crews who valiantly rescued those (they could) and attempted to rescue those that they couldn’t.”
He added: “This is our worst nightmare… It doesn’t get worse than this.”
