A person has died in a fire in rural Central Otago tonight.
Emergency services were called to a rural area in Northburn, near Cromwell, about 6.30pm.
They had been advised a person had been injured in a fire. A person was later found dead in the area.
Police were at the scene working to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.
The death was not thought to be suspicious, police said.
The person's name would not be released until next of kin had been advised.
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