
Waste paper plant blaze under control as investigations begin
Fire crews from around Hawke's Bay attended the fire at a waste paper baling site.
Fire crews from around Hawke's Bay attended the fire at a waste paper baling site.
Emergency services were called just before 11pm on Saturday.
Three appliances and a tanker from the Whanganui fire station were at the scene.
Another person was moderately injured at the residential property
Police were called to the incident about 9.15am.
Working for Fire and Emergency has had some life-saving benefits for this couple.
Neighbour hears large boom and what sounded like an earthquake.
A witness told the Herald a child was passed out the top window of the apartment.
Police confirmed the victim of the blaze was 46-year-old Chinese national Jirong Wang.
An apartment complex in Valencia was gutted in a massive blaze.
The motorway was closed while petrol and cooking oil were cleaned up.
The derelict Dunedin property was gutted by fire on October 27 last year.
'Fortunately, they are all safe, but they are all shaken from this traumatic incident.'
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Yong Sheng Bei was sitting at home, in front of his workshop, when he heard explosions.
The cause of the fire, which is still active, is being investigated.
A young couple have lost everything after their Whangārei home caught fire.
Six months after the fatal fire, police have finally laid a charge.
A Port Hills resident says forestry is to blame for the blaze that devastated the region.
Forty firefighters battled the blaze for about six hours.
Police have spoken to them - and others in the area - as part of a major probe.
Fire crews say the rain is welcome but makes conditions more slippery.
“Rapidly" drying region has some unique firefighting challenges after the cyclone.
Police cordoned off the on-ramp to the Northwestern Motorway as they attended the scene.
Motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
Waipara residents will be returning home, as fire crews battle strong winds.
Fire crews are concerned over high winds forecasted for Canterbury.
Forty firefighters battled the blaze.
The road has been closed to traffic from Kamo Rd to the intersection with Farmer St.
Overnight drone flights across the Port Hills identified 58 hotspots.