Coroner rules Christchurch fire was suicide

A Coroner has ruled the deaths of two people in a Christchurch house fire were the result of suicide. Coroner Dr Murray Jamieson says the blaze which ripped through the Fendalton house last April was deliberately lit. Four Japanese people were found dead inside. Dr Jamieson has ruled two of the deaths were self-inflicted, while two other people died from an act of unlawful killing. Share this... [read full story]