Person dead after being burned by coal range in Renwick, near Blenheim

4:22 pm on 11 December 2024
Boyce Street, Renwick, where a person was seriously injured in a house fire, near Blenheim.

Boyce Street, Renwick, where a person was seriously injured in a house fire, near Blenheim. Photo: Anthony Phelps /Phelps Visuals

A person has died in hospital after being badly burnt by a coal range at a house in Renwick, near Blenheim.

They were flown to Hutt Hospital in Wellington on Tuesday afternoon after falling onto the range on Boyce Street.

Police referred the death to the coroner.

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