Police were investigating a fatal fire in Tamatea but it has since been referred to the coroner. Photo / Bevan Conley
Police were investigating a fatal fire in Tamatea but it has since been referred to the coroner. Photo / Bevan Conley
Police have released the name of the teenager who died following a fire on Ranfurly Street in Tamatea, Napier, last month.
He was Mohi-Tarau Morrell-Edwards, aged 16, of Tamatea.
An 18-year-old male who was critically injured in the fatal fire was discharged from hospital last month.
The teenager was transferredfrom the Hawke's Bay Hospital to the burns unit in Hutt Hospital on February 10, the day the fire occurred, and had since been discharged.
The 16-year-old died on February 13 from injuries sustained in the blaze.
The fire occurred in a shed at a Kainga Ora house on Ranfurly Street at 11.45pm, and the shed was removed from the property by Kainga Ora tradespeople.
The property's tenants are still staying at the house.
The fire was initially being investigated by police, but has since been referred to the coroner.
