'When the pager went off I didn't read it properly and didn't realise the fire was at our station,' says firefighter.

A boy has been rushed to hospital with serious burns from fireworks tonight.

Firefighters were tonight battling a blaze in a Christchurch building that was threatening neighbouring buildings.

A judge has told a Christchurch man, who burned his father's house after abusing methamphetamine, that he was lucky to be alive.

Whanganui senior firefighter Tanja Grunwald is off to the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in the United States. Made with funding from NZ on Air

The 47-year-old man accused of lighting a number of rubbish bins on fire across Wellington has appeared in court. Robert Mackie

Seven suspicious fires have been lit across Wellington in a busy night for police and firefighters.

A fire at a block of Otara units is "well-involved", a fire service spokesman says.

Children were caught setting fire to astro turf at a South Wairarapa school this afternoon.

An iPhone owner says his 6sPlus phone began smoking before exploding as he and his baby lay just centimetres away.

Firefighters are battling a large house fire north of Auckland this evening.

A much-loved firefighter and top surf lifesaver who died tragically in Hawaii is being remembered for heroic efforts saving scores of swimmers from drowning.

A man has suffered burns after causing a "steam explosion" in Upper Hutt. Police attended the incident at the request of ambulance

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.

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.

Police and fire officers are looking into a suspicious blaze at a council flat in Christchurch early today.

A home has been destroyed by fire in a Gore overnight.

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.