Seven children escape bedroom fire
The blaze in Manurewa was thought to have been caused by a faulty electric blanket.
The blaze in Manurewa was thought to have been caused by a faulty electric blanket.
Two fires have claimed the lives of four people today, prompting the Fire Service to warn people that all blazes can be dangerous, regardless of size.
Three sisters orphaned after a horror house fire in South Canterbury this morning are "very scared" and mourning the loss of their parents and younger brother.
One person has died in an apartment fire in Auckland's Panmure this afternoon.
A spate of electric blanket fires have sparked a reminder from firefighters about looking after the devices properly this winter.
Spontaneously combusting tea towels caused a fire at a laundromat overnight.
Four people have been rescued off the roof of a burning building in South Auckland this morning.
A person who tried fighting a kitchen fire was taken to hospital after suffering smoke inhalation last night.
A stable block at the Omoto Racecourse was razed by an early morning arson early today.
Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in Wellington early this morning.
A chimney fire attended in Westport last night has highlighted the danger of people taking batteries out of smoke alarms to be used in other gadgets.
A woman trapped inside a burning Auckland home yesterday morning said the four people sleeping in the house when the blaze broke out are lucky to be alive.
A woman trapped inside a burning Remuera home this morning said the four people sleeping in the house when the blaze broke out are lucky to be alive.
Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze at a house in West Auckland.
Tenant John Williams was in hospital being treated for a suspected heart attack when he was told his house had caught fire today.
Nine fire trucks were called to the scene of a fire in Berhampore in Wellington this morning.
The two men injured in an explosion at a South Auckland house yesterday remain in a stable at Middlemore hospital this morning.
Six fire trucks were sent to the scene of the fire in New Lynn.
A fire is a woodshed in under investigation this morning after a person was seriously injured in the blaze.
Fire crews are at the scene of a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Three Kings.
Fire services were at the scene of a fatal house fire in Mt Wellington.
Firefighters are trying to confirm if anybody was stuck inside a building on fire on the West Coast this morning.
Kiwi rural fire specialists will fly to Canada today to help that country contain huge wildfires.
One person has been taken to hospital after a small fire broke out in the lunchroom of a factory in Auckland today.
“Non-suspicious” faulty electrics was behind a blaze that last night damaged Auckland's historic St James theatre for the second time in a decade.
Jessica Bensemann had been home from hospital with her newborn son less than 12 hours when her Samsung washing machine went up in smoke and destroyed the bathroom.
People are asking people to check they aren't using appliances that have been recalled after a washing machine fire over the weekend.
A fire at Whakatane Intermediate School last night caused serious damage to one classroom.
A man has been taken to hospital with serious burns after a fire in a west Auckland garage tonight.