An investigation is underway into a house fire in Auckland overnight in which one person died.
The Fire Service received multiple calls to Mt Wellington house at 2.45am this morning, and arrived to find the house well ablaze.
Crews found a person's body when they managed to get inside.
Northern fire communications shift manager Scott Osmond says the cause of the fire is still unknown.
He says fire investigators have been at the scene, and will return with police this morning to make further inquiries.
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