At least 6 killed in hostel fire in New Zealand

A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealands capital, Wellington, overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his "worst nightmare."Fifty-two people had made it out of the building but firefighters were still trying to account for others, Wellington fire chief Nick Pyatt said.The Loafers Lodge hostel in Newtown, in Wellingtons south, is in an industrial area and features billboards on one side. Dark smoke stains extended up the exterior walls on the top story of the building.New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who visited the scene on Tuesday morning, said at least six people had died. "I understand six confirmed previously and it looks like there are likely to be more.""New Zealanders have woken up this morning to that tragic news of the events that have been unfolding in the Wellington as a result of the fire," he said.Fire and emergency incident controller Bruce Stubbs said that they had located the bodies of six people, but had not yet been able to retrieve them from the building, parts of which remained highly unstable. He said the roof had collapsed, and emergency services had not been able to search the entire building.Fire and Emergency New Zealand confirmed 11 people were unaccounted for and that parts of the hostel had collapsed.Police said the cause of the fire was not immediately known