Person dead after report of gas explosion on Great Barrier Island

7:35 am on 15 December 2023
Great Barrier Island

Great Barrier Island Photo: RNZ/Carol Stiles

A person is dead after reports of a gas explosion on Great Barrier Island.

A police spokesperson said emergency services were called to a property on Motairehe Road just before 1am on Friday where a fire had broken out.

A person was found dead at the property, and the fire was being treated as unexplained, the spokesperson said.