A vehicle carrying gas bottles was driven into the headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby in Canberra last night.

A neighbour says she can't get the sound of cries out of her head after a house fire killed three people in South Auckland this morning.

Burglars snuck into the destroyed two-story house and stole the only salvageable items including a TV, a cabinet and food.

A "body" discovered at a South Taranaki property completely destroyed by a fire yesterday was in fact the remains of an animal - but the search for the property's owner continues.

Firefighters attended a blaze on a traffic island in a busy Auckland city road this afternoon.

A body has been discovered in the remains of a Taranaki home gutted by fire.

Firefighters grateful for change of heart on legal troubles.

Firefighters battled a blaze that gutted a two-story house in Christchurch this evening.

A house was engulfed in flames in South Taranaki today.

It is not known if anyone is inside a burning house in Christchurch.

A caretaker's shed and boiler room are on fire at Riverhills Primary School.

Four fire crews and a command unit are battling a blaze in a classroom at Redwood Primary School in Christchurch.

Fire broke out in the bedroom of a Pukekohe house this morning.

A child playing with a lighter is believed to have started the fire that destroyed a house in Otumoetai yesterday. The fire service

Fire crews are fighting a vegetation fire south of Dunedin this morning.

Residents who were evacuated this afternoon have been allowed to return to their homes tonight.

Karl Henderson found himself locked outside his burning shop when he realised his dog Stella was stuck inside. Wife Tracy had woken

Firefighters battling blaze at Wellington school.

An abandoned house at Runanga went up in smoke early today - the fourth building fire in the area in a month.

Police suspect arson after six car fires in Christchurch overnight.

A blaze that destroyed an empty West Coast home is being treated as suspicious.

Firefighters went into a burning Invercargill home, fearing a person was trapped inside.

A caravan at a West Auckland campground has been engulfed by fire in suspicious blaze.

Six fire crews are battling a blaze in the roof space of a sawmill in Rotorua.

California officials fear up to 40 people have been killed in a massive fire that happened Friday night during a concert inside a building in Oakland.

At least nine people died in a blaze that broke out during a party in a converted warehouse in the San Francisco Bay Area,

Six fire crews are battling a "well involved" Nelson house fire and searching the property to see if anyone is inside.

Rush hour traffic between Hastings and Napier has been affected by a blaze at a Napier Fertiliser works earlier today.

An historic four-storey building near Dunedin's Octagon has been damaged in a suspicious blaze.

A fire at a vacant Housing NZ property in Manurewa is being treated as suspicious.