But this morning, police said: “The child sadly died in hospital on Sunday afternoon.
“The deaths with be referred to the Coroner, and the fire is not thought to be suspicious.”
A fire investigator visited the scene yesterday.
It comes after a double-fatal house fire in the Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach last week.
Police say the early morning fire last Thursday, which claimed the lives of an 11-year-old boy and a 36-year-old father-of-two, was “deliberately lit”.
Investigators say the blaze was started with an accelerant inside the home on Murvale Drive at 2.30am while the occupants were asleep.
A homicide investigation into the Bucklands Beach blaze is ongoing.
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