CNN — Authorities in New Zealand have arrested a suspect in relation to a hearth at a hostel that killed at the very least six individuals on Tuesday. The person has been charged with two counts of arson, however police say they haven’t dominated out “additional, extra critical expenses in relation to the deaths on the scene.” “Police will not be searching for anybody else in relation to the hearth,” a spokesperson added Thursday. Hearth crews have been referred to as to Loafers Lodge hostel within the metropolis heart simply after midnight native time and located the highest flooring of the four-story constructing nicely alight, in accordance with an announcement from Hearth and Emergency New Zealand. As firefighters fought the blaze, 52 individuals have been evacuated. Tala Sili, who was staying within the hostel, advised CNN affiliate Radio NZ the expertise was “actually scary.” He stated he noticed smoke coming below his door on the highest flooring of the hostel, and he jumped two flooring onto the roof of a close-by constructing, the place he was finally rescued by paramedics and handled for a sprained ankle. Native politician Paul Eagle advised RNZ the transient nature of lots of the constructing’s residents had made it onerous for authorities to find out who might have been contained in the constructing through the blaze. “It’s commonplace that they gained’t know precisely who’s there proper at that second as a result of individuals can come and go on a regular basis,” the Rongotai MP advised RNZ. “It’s a easy place, there’s a roof over their heads, easy lodging.” In response to the Loafers Lodge web site, the hostel provides 92 rooms with widespread areas, kitchens and laundry services inside strolling distance of Wellington Hospital in Newtown. Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson advised reporters that many residents had “misplaced completely every thing that they’d.” New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins visited the positioning on Tuesday and expressed his sympathy for the victims and their family members. “We’ve not seen an occasion of this scale for fairly a while,” he stated. A mayoral aid fund has been arrange by means of the Wellington Metropolis Mission for these impacted by the hearth, Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau advised reporters. A lot of the residents evacuated from the hostel have been despatched to a secure lodging, the place they got meals, shelter and heat blankets, Whanau stated in a video shared on her Fb web page. In a press convention, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated he had spoken with Hipkins and provided to help as wanted. “I expressed my condolences on behalf of Australia to our mates in New Zealand at this very tough time,” Albanese advised reporters in Melbourne. “Any help in fact will, as all the time, be out there from Australia to New Zealand.”