One dead in Christchurch house fire

A person has died in a house fire in Christchurch.

Police, Fire and Ambulance are at a house in Woodhouse Street in Linwood where one person has died.

Police and a fire investigator are at the scene to investigate the fire.

The fire in Linwood is the second fatal house fire in Christchurch in recent months.

A fire at a Medina Crescent house in Parklands claimed the life of Corey James Mclean on September 13.

Corey was likely to have been asleep in a back room of the house when the fire started and didn't wake up.

Eight other people managed to get out of the house.