{"id":451079,"date":"2026-05-29T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/451079\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:25:10","slug":"christchurch-fire-that-killed-mother-and-daughter-not-suspicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/451079\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch fire that killed mother and daughter not suspicious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A house fire that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/05\/15\/heart-breaking-girl-3-and-her-mother-die-in-christchurch-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a Christchurch mother and her young daughter<\/a> earlier this month started in a bedroom, and there are no suspicious circumstances. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the home on Whitehall St in the suburb of Mairehau at around 8.25pm on May 14.<\/p>\n<p>In an update on Friday, Detective Senior Sergeant Jo Carolan said police and Fire and Emergency investigating the fatal blaze had determined the blaze was not suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations indicated the fire began in one of the bedrooms, with an electrical fault ruled out, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The matter has been referred to the Coroner, and at this stage, no criminal proceedings are being considered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carolan said the fire was &#8220;heartbreaking and a tragedy for the family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police and FENZ extend their deepest sympathies to the wh\u0101nau. While the family are grateful for the support from the community, they are requesting privacy at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including Dame Lynda Topp slams the budget, new MAFS allegations, and the All White who\u2019s going viral. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A house fire that killed a Christchurch mother and her young daughter earlier this month started in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-451079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}