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Two suspicious fires in Canterbury

Two Canterbury fires are being treated as suspicious after being discovered one street apart in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Watch: House on fire in Stratford

Smoke is currently billowing out of a property on Juliet Street in the Taranaki town of Stratford.

Boss to pay worker after welding explosion

Judges orders boss to pay $12,000 to worker seriously injured when fuel tank exploded.

Fire damages Matakana workshop

Fire has badly damaged an automotive shop north of Auckland this morning.

Close call after blaze destroys family home

A Coal Creek family has lost everything when fire tore through their home at 3am.

Fire destroys West Coast home

Early morning fire badly damages Greymouth home.

Fire at plant near Gore extinguished

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.

Man burns home after marriage split

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

Heart attack at fatal crash scene

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

Sea water used to put out house fire

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

One dead after Mt Roskill flat fire

Police investigate a fatal house fire in Mt Roskill.

Appeal thrown out in burned-alive murder

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

Nine treated for smoke inhalation

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

Henderson family home destroyed by fire

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.

Fire chief slams bushfire selfie taker

"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!"

Dinghy link to island mystery confirmed

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

House fire in Te Atatu

Initial fears people may be inside soon passed.

'Help Me' written in Hauraki Gulf mystery

Using paint and rocks, a woman deserted on an Auckland island for three nights wrote "Help me" on the beach.