'The fire has jumped the containment line.'

Fire and Emergency were advised of the ATR aircraft's engine fire.

Armed Police have stopped a car and two people were arrested in Constellation Drive and Atlas Place in Rosedale in Auckland. Video / Supplied

Police were called to the scene around 11.55am.

Five helicopters have been working to control the blaze.

Police have now arrested three me in relation to the fire.

'There were no injuries.'

A fire investigator will return to the house later this morning.

'They’re just going to come out and sting you.'

Police have cordoned off the area around the Blockhouse Bay Tennis Club and recreational reserve on Rathlin St. Video / NZ Herald

Suspicious fire all but destroyed old home in Childers Rd.

Nobody was home at the time of the fire.

Further charges are possible against the man.

Emergency services are attending a serious three-car crash in central Te Awamutu.

"We did have three fire trucks, a Hazmat unit and a support vehicle there.”

The fire was confined to one piece of equipment.

A 5-litre container of muriatic acid fell off the back of a vehicle and on to the road.

City Rail Link's new stations are the stage for three emergency training exercises involving police, Fenz and Hato Hone St John. Video / Jason Oxenham

The apartment building is on Cook St in the CBD.

hree people are dead and two others are seriously injured after a two-vehicle, head-on crash near Geraldine that has closed a state highway. Video / George Heard

Emergency services have rushed to where a rock climber has fallen more than 80m in Queenstown.

One patient was taken to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition.

Police are investigating the fire that broke out at the Highfield Festival in Germany.

A person has been shot dead inside a vehicle on Marvon Downs Ave in Pakuranga, Auckland this morning.

Police say he was on foot when hit by police car driven by an on-duty officer.

The damage looks similar to a fire in 1994 which left bones littering the area, RSA says.

Images from the scene show the windscreen of the bus cracked.

A police spokesman told the Herald they received a report a man was being held against his will at an address on Matipo Rd at 2.34pm. Caption: Video / Grant Routen

A coroner believes Peter Wayne Ferguson crashed after falling asleep at the wheel.

The large burn off on a hillside above Wānaka is under control, officials say.