A fire that was rapidly spreading down a cliff in swanky Auckland suburb St Heliers has been extinguished.

The final moments of a fire brigade's fishing competition fundraiser were cut short when the call for help went out.

A house has gone up in flames in Manukau's Clover Park area.

Woman found on Browns Island was stranded for three nights before being rescued.

Ezibuy is recalling a lamp over fire safety fears.

Drugs were allegedly found in the vicinity of a fire in an industrial unit on Burrows St today. A police spokeswoman told the Bay

Neighbours kicked in the door and broke windows of a burning house to check if anyone was inside.

A 49-year-old man faces six methamphetamine charges after a fire in Milford on Auckland's North Shore yesterday.

One man said he was driving along Beach Road in Milford when the ground shook, and a building exploded.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

A fire has affected the Maniototo Arts Centre in Ranfurly this morning.

A person screamed for sleeping residents to flee their homes as fire raced through a block of Invercargill flats early today.

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.

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.

In the second fiery incident involving a plane at a United States airport, a FedEx plane caught fire today at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

An investigator has been called in to determine if a house fire in Southland is suspicious.

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.