Fire at Christchurch wastewater treatment plant now contained
Christchurch residents are being encouraged to keep doors and windows closed.
Christchurch residents are being encouraged to keep doors and windows closed.
Former and current first responders support the establishment of a homestead retreat.
SH1 between Invercargill and Bluff is completely blocked off after a truck rolled.
The fire can be seen ripping through the multi-tenanted commercial premises in Tirau. Video / Supplied
Eight fire appliances were still at the scene at midday.
A fire at a commercial building in Tokoroa last night is being treated as suspicious.
Firefighters exposed to cancer-causing asbestos issue a safety notice against employer.
Photos surfacing on social media showed thick smoke billowing into the sky.
A person was taken to hospital with severe burns after rescued from a Naenae house fire.
The Armed Offenders Squad, police, fire and St John Ambulance all rushed to the incident. Video / Hayden Woodward
The fire broke out early today at the Contemporary Chinese Research Centre.
A number of people are thought to have been injured.
Suspected arson at Flaxmere business. Video / Craig Cooper
The Sheffield Hotel in Darfield has been badly damaged by fire overnight.
Fire investigators will work to figure out the cause of a blaze in Auckland overnight.
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
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.
Two patients were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation following the fire. Video / Hayden Woodward
The cause of the fire is being investigated
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.