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.

Fire crews are the scene of a house fire in Westport this evening. A spokeswoman for the NZ Fire Service said they were called to

Passengers who try to carry Samsung Note 7 smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and may face fines in the US.

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

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.

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.

Sean Hay and John Wallace could be in the middle of a maths class one minute and fighting a fire the next. The Kamo High School 17-year

A family escaped a blaze in their two-storey Greymouth home.

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.