One person is dead after a house caught fire in the Waikato.

Police are investigating a fatal house fire that occurred in Tirau early this morning.

'Police were called just after 3.30am following the fire at a residential address on Little Street,” police say in a statement released this morning.

'One person has died at the scene.

'A scene guard is in place and a scene examination is due to take place this morning.”

CIB will be making enquiries in conjunction with the fire service to establish the cause of the fire.