By Linny Folau.

A man and child died in a house fire early this morning July 27 opposite the Nuku’alofa Central Police Station, on Salote Road.

Deputy Fire Commissioner Sinamoni Kauvaka this morning confirmed the tragic deaths.

He said a total of seven people were in the house when it was engulfed with fire.

Three people who were injured, including two elderly women are in Vaiola Hospital. They are reported to be stable.

The two others who were in the house are fine, he said.

The fire was reported to the Fire Services by a policemen at the Central Police Station at around midnight. When the fire truck got there shortly afterwards, the blaze had already engulfed over 60 percent of the wooden house, he said.

"The cause of the fire is being investigated, but what we do know is that it started from the back."

The home which belongs to Ramona Moala and family was one of the oldest timber villas in the CBD, and in the same area as Friends Cafe and Langa Fonua.

The D/Fire Commissioner said no other details were released. “Our investigation continues,” he said.

Meanwhile, widespread condolences have been extended online to the Nuku‘alofa family for the loss of their loved ones.

The names of the deceased have not yet been released.