Fire crews battle house fire in Papakura
Flames can be seen coming from the second floor of the house.
Flames can be seen coming from the second floor of the house.
Firefighters battle the blaze at the MG Marketing building in Mt Wellington. Video / Dean Purcell
Services were called to the Great South Rd address just after 9am today.
'I thought there was a plane crash right on top of the house,' witness says.
The person was taken to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition.
The single-storey house fire was reported at 4.22am.
Police are trying to work out the family's movements prior to the ute being on the beach.
Some prisoners were evacuated after a small fire in a cell.
MetService has issued two severe weather warnings for the region.
The wild weather has hampered the ability of crews to get fires under control.
The pedestrian died at the scene.
The couple lost both their vehicles and their belongings in the blaze.
Two people are dead and two others injured after the car struck a power pole on Henderson Valley Road. Video / Hayden Woodward
Westies banded together to rescue neighbours and their animals trapped by floods.
'The property is insured and the insurance claim has been accepted in full' - owner.
The country's largest fire trucks keep breaking down and no new ones have been ordered.
No one was injured in the three house fires overnight.
Smoke is billowing across a bus lane as a vehicle erupts in fire.
Firefighters were called to the scene at about 9.42pm.
There was a serious crash in Auckland's West Harbour this afternoon.
Some of the cats being cared for at the property are still unaccounted for.
The incident took place between the Pyes Pa and Oropi roundabouts on State Highway 29A.
Fire crews remain at the site of a large factory fire in East Auckland yesterday.
Petrol station worker across the road describes 'massive' blaze.
At least 11 cats have died in a house fire in Golflands, East Auckland.
Firefighters were transported in the man's dinghy towards the burning yacht.
Police arrived at the scene 20 minutes after the accident was reported.
Fire crews have been battling a large blaze in Westport early today.
A house in Auckland's Titirangi is on fire, with 20 firefighters and five trucks battling the blaze. Video / Hayden Woodward