The 19-year-old Piha resident was arrested after spate of fires at the seaside community.

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Four fire crews are fighting the fire on Greerton Rd in Tauranga.

Paraplegic lucky to be alive as blaze consumed the wooden, decade old property quickly.

Firefighters from four crews are at the scene of a large Mt Wellington blaze.

A Matamata house burnt down after a man forgot about his dinner and went to bed.

Fire started on a floor during asbestos removal, and investigations are continuing.

Any new wood burners must meet national standards from next Thursday.

No one is believed to have been hurt in a "massive" Pukekohe house fire.

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Fire crews did not realise the man had died until after the fire was extinguished.

The Fire Service were called to the "well involved" blaze at Pacific Steel after midnight.

A house in Gore has been badly damaged in a fire.

The fire service were called to West Coast Rd on Oratia just before 9.30pm.

At least eight crews are at Hayes Metals on Neilson St

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The identity of the man has been suppressed due to threatening behaviour on social media.

A new home has been found for the Lemeki family near where their old one burned down.

Piles of burning tyres helped fuel the massive blaze at Speedy's car yard in Ngatea.

The Lemeki family lost all but the clothes on their back in last week's Beachhaven fire.

Police said they were following some "positive lines of inquiry."

Hokianga town's volunteer firefighters say theft of their fire siren as low as you can go.

At least one Piha resident is sleeping in her car following a series of suspicious fires.

The woman who died in a suspicious house fire in Tirau was Roma Joseph, 58.

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A heavy police presence was felt in Piha last night after a series of suspicious fires.