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Emergency services were called to a property on Trelawney Crescent about 2.30am on Wednesday after reports of a house fire, and a person was found dead, police said.
Later the same day a fire destroyed a home and left one person injured in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau.
Up to four crews were called to Kellys Rd shortly before 5am to find the single-storey property well ablaze.
A person was taken to hospital in a moderate condition.
