Fire at New Zealand Hostel Kills at Least 6 People, Prime Minister Says

Fire at New Zealand Hostel Kills at Least 6 People, Prime Minister Says
In this image made from video, firetrucks stage outside a hostel in central Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. NewsHub via AP
The Associated Press
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his “worst nightmare.”

Fifty-two people had made it out of the building but firefighters were still trying to account for others, Wellington fire chief Nick Pyatt said.