Police have named the 10-year-old boy who died following a fire in Hastings.
The building at the back of the former Storty Bar where the fire broke out. Photo: RNZ / Peter Fowler
He was Ariki River Baden Mau of Camberley.
Ariki died in hospital less than a day after being caught up in a fire at a derelict workshop on Heretaunga Street West on Monday afternoon.
Two other children survived the blaze, one suffered burns and was transferred to Hutt Hospital yesterday in a stable condition and the other was not harmed.
The building, which for many years was a chainsaw and lawnmower repair business, was believed to have been vacant for some time.
An investigation into the fire was ongoing.
Photo: RNZ / Peter Fowler
