Early morning fire badly damages Greymouth home.

Firefighters from across Southland who were called to an explosion at Dongwha New Zealand's plant in Mataura at 4.30pm are preparing to leave the scene.

A Dunedin man who burned down his family home days after his marriage fell apart can now be named.

Emergency services are responding to two incidents, one a fatal car crash at Clarks Beach and the other a fire on Ponui Island.

A man suffered serious head injuries after crashing into a power pole in Waiuku, and three others were injured in a Glenn Innes crash.

Images are starting to come out of Kaikoura where widespread damage and one death has occurred.

A resident is calling for the state house where a woman died after it suspiciously caught fire to be demolished. Linda Winifred Edwards

A popular Auckland shopping mall was evacuated this morning after a fire broke out at a baby shop.

Fire gutted a classroom at the former Kenmure Intermediate School site in Dunedin this morning.

Smoke alarm alerts pair to fire.

Firefighters use water pumped from the ocean to fight an overnight blaze.

Police investigate a fatal house fire in Mt Roskill.

Two men found guilty of burning another man alive for his life savings have had their appeal thrown out by the Supreme Court. Shivneel

A Fire Service spokesman said the fire in Napier was contained fairly quickly.

Tim and Fiona Noble have lost all possessions and the home in which their children grew up - and grandkids loved to visit - has been destroyed by fire.

"Use some common sense," NSW's rural fire chief told the bushfire selfie taker. Social media users were more blunt: "Seriously mate, grow a brain!"

A dinghy found floating near Brown's Island may be connected to the mysterious fire there, police have confirmed.

Initial fears people may be inside soon passed.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious house fire in South Auckland.

Strong wind gusts are hampering the efforts of more than 600 firefighters who are fighting to contain 36 bush and grass fires across the state.

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.

A baby has been injured in a large house fire in West Auckland this morning.