A timber house on Raurimu Rd in the Central North Island settlement has burned to the ground.

Power has been restored to more than 2000 homes after a transformer in Auckland exploded.

An electric transformer is on fire in Auckland

A worker has described his feelings of devastation after the plastics factory he worked at for 16 years was destroyed by fire.

Papakura residents were awoken about 5am today to the sounds of explosions from a car ablaze in a Red Hill parking lot.

A firefighter suffered minor burns while battling a housefire in Wainuiomata this afternoon. Fire Service shift manager David Meikle

A house fire in Franklin St yesterday afternoon, caused by a faulty washing machine, would have been far worse were it not for working smoke alarms.

A person has suffered serious burns to their body in a house fire in Hastings last night.

An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood has left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated.

Two staff feared missing in a Christchurch blaze have been found, but firefighters are still facing a long night ahead.

Three people have been treated for smoke inhalation after an Auckland house fire.

Firefighters have extinguished a bus fire that closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak hour, but traffic chaos is continuing.

Police are promising "new information" on the Police Ten 7 show tomorrow night about the disappearance of Levin man Palmira Macdonald.

A housebus and sand-blasting shed have been extensively damaged by fire in Marlborough.

Two helicopters called after a fire broke out in a private forest plantation in the Far North.

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No one was injured when a truck caught fire on an Auckland motorway today, the fire service says.

A small fire by a parked Jetstar plane at Auckland airport sparked an emergency callout late this evening - but it appears to have been short-lived.

Fire safety officers will be returning the scene of a fire at an apartment block in Feilding today.

Helicopters have been called in to fight a large bush fire on the Big Ben range in Rakaia Gorge.

A fleet of firefighters are battling a blaze that has engulfed an Auckland home and threatens others.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.

Tenants of a Pukekohe arcade badly damaged by fire are arriving at the scene, devastated at their losses.

Police are seeking witnesses following three suspicious fires which burned down homes in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Shearers' quarters have been damaged by fire on a North Canterbury farm.

A dog saved from a fire at an Otahuhu flat after figherfighers administered oxygen has since died.

A fire has destroyed a Waiuku home this evening, though no one was injured in the blaze.

Fire crews are currently at the scene of a large house fire in Rotorua.