An 82-year-old grandmother and her five-year-old grand-daughter died in a house fire at Tofoa on Saturday morning, 6 May, Tonga Police reported.
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Monday 8 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 18 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police are carrying out a further investigation into the death of Tu’imala Uinisē Moala (46) in the house fire in Neiafu, on 8 November. Police Commissioner Shane McLennan has asked for the public to refrain from social media comments on the matter.
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Tuesday 8 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 46-year-old woman died from a fire at her house in Neiafu, early this morning, 8 November.
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Monday 29 November 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A blaze engulfed a small house situated behind the Tufumahina Royal Residence on Saturday night, November 27. The main house at the front of the compound was not affected.
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Wednesday 28 July 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 76-year-old woman died last night, July 27 at Vaiola Hospital from the Nuku'alofa CBD house fire, which has now claimed three lives. A man (61) and a child (7) also died. Their names have not yet been confirmed by Tonga Police.
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Tuesday 27 July 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man and child died in a house fire early this morning July 27, opposite the Nuku’alofa Central Police Station, on Salote Road. Seven people were in the house during the blaze and five escaped. Three survivors remain in Vaiola Hospital.
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Monday 24 June 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A blaze engulfed two houses situated in one property at Patangata as firefighters fought to put it out on a windy afternoon, today June 24.
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Wednesday 20 December 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 23-year-old man died in a house fire at a home in Haveluloto on December 15.
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Wednesday 20 September 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A blaze engulfed a house at Sia-ko-Veiongo this morning on Wednesday, September 20.
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Wednesday 4 January 2017
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Nuku'alofa
A blaze engulfed an old timber house on Railway Road, Kolofo’ou, this morning, destroying the property within minutes. Hotspots that spread across the road to the Hilliard Memorial School property were extinguished. Tonga’s Fire Department urges caution, warning that fires can spread rapidly in Tongatapu's current hot, dry, windy weather.
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Thursday 25 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mahe Fonohema (10) died in a house fire last night Wednesday, 24 February at Ha’akame in Tongatapu, while two other boys escaped. The parents were allegedly not at home when the fire broke out.
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Thursday 18 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A kindergarten staffer, three children, and another person, escaped safely as a blaze engulfed the Maglo Kindergarten in Railway Road, Pahu, this morning, just before dozens of children were due to arrive at the school.
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Monday 8 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A young man (19) died in a house fire, while three others escaped, on early Sunday morning July 7, at Halaleva in Tongatapu. Police investigating the blaze said the three who escaped did not know that the victim, who was their friend, was sleeping inside the timber house.
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