Truck carrying 'dangerous goods' catches fire
Fire crews returned to the scene to make sure the fire wasn’t going to reignite.
Fire crews returned to the scene to make sure the fire wasn’t going to reignite.
Three people have been taken to Gisborne Hospital with serious to critical injuries.
Fenz said the fire was being treated as suspicious.
Gisborne school seems to have breached consent by operating classes on ground floor.
Ambulance crews said the patient suffered critical injuries.
All outdoor fires are now banned in Canterbury until next Monday.
Conditions continue to hamper firefighting efforts at a large forestry fire.
Irene King said such faults were not common, because of rigorous maintenance checks.
The blaze grew from 40ha to 85ha over 24 hours.
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.
A fire investigator will return to the house later this morning.
'They’re just going to come out and sting you.'
The family home in the Far North was quickly lost in the blaze on August 11.
Police responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash about 12.30am on Sunday.
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.
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The apartment building is on Cook St in the CBD.
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