A 200-litre drum of nitric acid was punctured by a forklift in West Auckland this afternoon, injuring two people.

A huge scrub fire that has destroyed 150ha near Queenstown is now under control but it's still going to take days to put out as police investigate the cause.

Several blazes over the past 24 hours have kept firefighters across the country on their toes.

The cause of the tragic fire that killed three members of a Flat Bush family just before Christmas remains undetermined.

One person has been seriously injured in a fire on Waiheke Island.

The fire that cut off a small community near Queenstown is now under police investigation.

A campfire has sparked a major bushfire that continues to burn out-of-control near Queenstown.

A protected green gecko which suffered severe burns to its four feet during a scrub fire in Northland is expected to survive but won't

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at a medical centre in South Auckland.

A kohanga reo has gone up in smoke in the central North Island.

SUP080117NADFIRE3.JPGA number of suspicious or carelessly-lit fires, like this one at Pipiwai on Saturday has sparked a total fire

Motorists travelling between the West Coast and Canterbury today were urged to go through Lewis Pass after an early morning fire at

Rural fire crews were confronted with another flare-up this morning at Mahia after a night of damping and monitoring a major grass and scrub fire.

Rocks have been cleared from the road and drivers should travel with caution.

South-westerlies dominating the country this summer will continue to deliver wind and cloud to large parts of the country today.

Helicopters are on their way to a scrub fire in a remote South Island mountainous region.

The three children aged five, eight and nine have been referred to Youth Aid.

Firefighters are pleading with people in the top half of the North Island to get a permit before lighting fires outside.

Ten Fire Service trucks are on their way to the scene.

A Fire Service spokesman said they are heading to the boat near Mabel Island together with Coastguard.

At least one bach has been destroyed and other properties are being evacuated after fire broke out on Kawau Island tonight.

Three houses are no longer under threat from a spreading gorse fire in Mangatangi, Waikato.

Fonterra's Takanini building is filled with smoke - 30 firefighters are currently on the ground.

Emergency services are battling a scrub fire in Gisborne.

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

A fire fighting helicopter pilot had an unexpected passenger hitch a ride in his monsoon bucket on Monday.

Two helicopters and 10 fire appliances are being used to fight a blaze that has engulfed four hectares of pine trees north of Helensville.

Daughter makes a heartfelt tribute to her mother at the funeral of three family members who died in a tragic house fire just before Christmas.

Firefighters are battling a blaze at a scrap metal yard in Silverdale, north of Auckland, this morning.

The funeral for the three family members killed in a Flat Bush house fire will be held in Manukau today.