'Debris piled high': Police remove two bodies at fatal Loafers Lodge fire scene | Stuff.co.nz

Police have removed the first bodies from the scene of Tuesday’s fatal Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Wellington. Two were recovered on Thursday, and then two others on Friday, police said. Read more: https://bit.ly/3pRrRbe | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oBP

Acting Wellington district commander Inspector Dion Bennett earlier said a karakia would be performed before the first body was taken out. They will be taken to Wellington Hospital’s morgue.

Bennett said the damage on the third floor of the Newtown hostel was significant. The scene examination was expected to take several days and would likely go into the weekend.

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