An "idiot" pub patron is said to have caused the Rose and Shamrock's wooden roof to catch fire on Monday night. The Irish and English-themed

A house fire in Manawatu is being treated as suspicious.

Investigators of the huge blaze which destroyed a near century-old family business say they are unable to pinpoint the cause of the

A south Auckland home was set alight by a lightning bolt during yesterday's violent thunderstorms.

A two-storey home on the Kapiti Coast has been severely damaged in an early morning blaze.

A woman whose home was destroyed by fire at the weekend said she had been receiving threats. Donna Moon lost all her possessions

Masked intruders are being investigated by police in relation to two separate incidents.

Firefighters have been called to a house fire in Papatoetoe, South Auckland.

One person was transported to hospital after an Invercargill house was engulfed by fire this evening.

Fire investigators have narrowed down where Monday's blaze in Hamilton started, but just exactly what caused it remains unclear.

An unstable and fire-damaged wall will remain in place when fire investigators begin their painstaking work of trying to figure out

An unstable and fire-damaged wall is impeding an investigation into the blaze of a Hamilton tyre shop which was gutted by fire.

Hamilton firefighters are being hosed down due to concerns of an asbestos risk with a massive blaze at a tyre shop.

A fire broke out at 2am at the Heinz Watties plant in Hastings this morning.

Police and the Fire Service are at a West Auckland cemetery tonight following reports a car within the grounds is on fire.

A woman jumped from a burning flat in Dunedin earlier today.

Authorities believe the dog tried to protect the boy.

Details of a house fire in Onehunga where a 6-year-old girl perished and her six siblings survived have been revealed by the Coroner.

Qantas and Jetstar have followed suit from other airlines, banning the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from its aircraft.

Air New Zealand is banning Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from its aircraft.

The Fire Service is looking at what the conviction of a firefighter on the way to an emergency means for the future.

A car caught mysteriously caught fire in Panmure this morning.

The old Raupunga store burnt to the ground on Thursday morning. Wairoa chief fire officer Grant Duley said they were called to property

Two people have received burns in a house fire in Christchurch this evening.

Fire crews are at a property in West Auckland tonight after a vehicle caught fire after crashing into a house.

Quick-thinking dairy farmer uses milk to put out a shed fire.

An old railway house at Otira razed by fire early today was not insured.

Firefighters are on their way to a major warehouse near Auckland Airport.

Two homes in remote areas of Canterbury have been destroyed by fire overnight.

A man charged with arson after a house fire in the Dunedin suburb of Concord will apply for bail tomorrow.