Man suffers burns in Rotorua fire

A Rotorua man is in hospital after suffe ring minor to moderate burns in a house fire.

Emergency services were called to a house in the suburb of Homedale around 9am yesterday.

Rotorua police said flames caused only minor damage to an indoor storage area and they had spoken to the 31-year-old man and occupants of the house, hoping to establish the cause of the fire.

- NZPA