Investigation into cause of Bluff house fire

A fire investigator has inspected a house in Bluff this morning to determine the cause of a house fire.

A Fire Service spokesman said crews from Bluff and Invercargill were called to a house fire in McDougall St about 4.15am today.

The occupants of the house were outside and uninjured when the crews arrived, he said.

On arrival, a fire was burning in the roof cavity above the lounge of the house, he said.

Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the blaze and then used a chainsaw to cut a hole in the ceiling to search the roof cavity.

The cause of the fire was "not obvious''.

A fire investigator from Invercargill was deployed and examined the house this morning to try and determine the cause, he said.

The investigators findings had not be released, he said.

A police spokeswoman said police were not called to attend.

 

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