{"id":93567,"date":"2025-10-22T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93567\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:40:09","slug":"distinctive-container-linked-to-double-fatal-auckland-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93567\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Distinctive’ container linked to double-fatal Auckland fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are appealing for help to identify a “distinctive” container believed to have held the accelerant that fed a fatal fire in Auckland earlier this month, killing a father and son.<\/p>\n

The blaze<\/a> \u2013 under investigation as a double homicide<\/a> \u2013 broke out at a two-storey home on Murvale Dr in Bucklands Beach around 2.30am on October 2.<\/p>\n

Five people were inside the house at the time. Three survived, including the mother and another child, who were admitted to hospital but have since been discharged. A boarder living downstairs also escaped unharmed.<\/p>\n

The victims were<\/a> 36-year-old Jung Sup Lee and his 11-year-old son Ha-il Lee.<\/p>\n

\"Investigators<\/p>\n

Investigators believe a 10L container was used to carry an accelerant to the “deliberately lit” Bucklands Beach blaze, killing a father and son. (Source: NZ Police)<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va’aelua said the pictured 10L container, while not the exact one, was similar in size and appearance to what was discovered at the scene. <\/p>\n

“This container is how police believe the accelerant that started the fire was brought to the property.”<\/p>\n

Police would like to hear from anyone who saw a person or persons in possession of similar containers on the night of October 1 or the morning of October 2.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the Bucklands Beach property at around 2.30am. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Va’aelua had also earlier appealed for CCTV footage from a large area of east Auckland to help the inquiry.<\/p>\n

Investigators wanted CCTV, dash cam, or GoPro footage from residents in Bucklands Beach, Howick, Sunnyhills, Mellons Bay, Botany Downs, and Highland Park between 10pm on Wednesday, October 1 and 5am on Thursday, October 2.<\/p>\n

Anyone with relevant information should contact police on 105 or upload footage here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are appealing for help to identify a “distinctive” container believed to have held the accelerant that fed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-93567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-auckland","9":"tag-crime-and-justice","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93567","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=93567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}