Teenage girl killed in Burnham fire named

The 16-year-old teenage girl killed in a house fire at a military camp in Canterbury was Elizabeth Marvin. Stuff earlier revealed the teen called emergency services from inside the home, but was unable to escape. Her call was the reason the first firefighters to arrive knew she was trapped. However, the intensity of the blaze meant they could not reach her. Marvin’s body was later found in a bedroom. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) has defended the 11 minutes it took for volunteer firefighters to arrive, saying it met established targets. Fenz was alerted to the blaze at Burnham Military Camp, near Christchurch, about 2.10am on Wednesday. Stuff understands Marvin called emergency services from inside the home and spoke to them. Three others got out of the house via either the front door or a fire escape at the back. On Thursday, Detective Sergeant Brent Menzies confirmed the fire was not suspicious. A Givealittle page for the family said Marvin’s mother “supported her family in any way she could”. She was involved in many sporting and schooling events in the community, the page said. “She can be counted on to fight for her community and now its our turn to support her. Fenz incident controller Dave Berry earlier confirmed to Stuff the Burnham Military Camp fire station was unmanned on Tuesday night when the fire broke out. The first brigade to attend was from Rolleston. He said it was “unlikely” having the Burnham station manned would have made a difference, as when the calls first came in the reports were that the house was “well involved”.