Police are still working to identify a man who died in a Christchurch fire on Wednesday.

Eight workers are being treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Sleepyhead store in South Auckland.

The body was found by police and fire investigators while examining the scene of a fire that happened in the early hours at a Rutherford St address in Woolston.

A blazing wheelie bin, exploding spaghetti, and a hunt for the culprit through the dark streets of Whanganui made for an eventful

The large blaze is on a steep hillside off Aropaoanui Road, north of Napier.

There has been a serious house fire near Christchurch this afternoon, but no one is hurt.

A car burnt out in Dunedin is added to a police investigation, into a recent string of car fires.

Fire safety officers investigating the cause of a large fire in a two-storey block of flats in Christchurch this morning.

Fire chief calls today's death "real tragedy" but dismayed at lack of smoke alarms.

A teenager has been taken to hospital after suffering burns while trying to start a fire using petrol.

Firefighters are battling a house fire in Hamilton after they were called to the property.

Unwatched pot bursts into flames but family safe after smoke alarm warning.

Hamiora Reihana is in a critical condition in hospital after the T-shirt he was wearing caught fire and he suffered burns to about 30 per cent of his body.

Firefighters are battling a "well-involved" house fire near Ngaruawahia.

Emergency crews are at a large house fire in Castor Bay in Auckland, tonight.

Two people are in hospital after their car crashed over a bank and burst into flames in Coromandel this morning. Police said the

An investigation starts at first light into the cause of a massive blaze in a derelict Christchurch building.

Fire crews are attending a large fire in central Christchurch early this evening.

A rogue baggage trolley set off sprinklers and triggered fire alarms at Wellington Airport this evening.

Samsung says it has apologised to an Otaki mother who lost a load of baby clothes after her recalled washing machine burst into flames.

A Housing NZ house has been destroyed by fire and a young woman taken to hospital suffering burns.

A person suffered moderate injuries in a large fire in East Auckland this afternoon.

"Did the logs go up?" asked Sheree Paul when police questioned her about an attempt to set her neighbour's fence on fire. Paul was

Fire rips through Omaha house.

A 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his left foot in Central Park as he stepped on something that caused an explosion.

Semi Tonga says his home has been gutted by the fire but he's just thankful no one was hurt because almost everyone was out at church.

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged. Video source: Southern Stringers

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged.

Firefighters are at the scene of a significant house fire in Turangi which they have been battling since 3.50pm today.

Eleven-year-old Elli McLaughlan says smoke alarms save lives after a fire started by an electric blanket on her bed gutted her family's home in Westport yesterday.