Sean Hay and John Wallace could be in the middle of a maths class one minute and fighting a fire the next. The Kamo High School 17-year

A family escaped a blaze in their two-storey Greymouth home.

An iPhone owner says his 6sPlus phone began smoking before exploding as he and his baby lay just centimetres away.

Firefighters are battling a large house fire north of Auckland this evening.

A much-loved firefighter and top surf lifesaver who died tragically in Hawaii is being remembered for heroic efforts saving scores of swimmers from drowning.

A man has suffered burns after causing a "steam explosion" in Upper Hutt. Police attended the incident at the request of ambulance

A timber house on Raurimu Rd in the Central North Island settlement has burned to the ground.

Power has been restored to more than 2000 homes after a transformer in Auckland exploded.

Papakura residents were awoken about 5am today to the sounds of explosions from a car ablaze in a Red Hill parking lot.

A firefighter suffered minor burns while battling a housefire in Wainuiomata this afternoon. Fire Service shift manager David Meikle

A house fire in Franklin St yesterday afternoon, caused by a faulty washing machine, would have been far worse were it not for working smoke alarms.

Police and fire officers are looking into a suspicious blaze at a council flat in Christchurch early today.

A home has been destroyed by fire in a Gore overnight.

A person has suffered serious burns to their body in a house fire in Hastings last night.

An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood has left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated.

Two staff feared missing in a Christchurch blaze have been found, but firefighters are still facing a long night ahead.

Police are promising "new information" on the Police Ten 7 show tomorrow night about the disappearance of Levin man Palmira Macdonald.

A housebus and sand-blasting shed have been extensively damaged by fire in Marlborough.

Two helicopters called after a fire broke out in a private forest plantation in the Far North.

Watch NZH focus - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was unwell and seen "fainting" at a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11. At least 90 people are dead after airstrikes continued to rain in north-western Syria. And hundreds of firefighters are battling to contain wildfires on the northern Greek island of Thassos.

Dramatic photos of a car ablaze at Pakuranga Plaza yesterday show firefighters working to bring the inferno under control.

Three people were injured in a house fire on Auckland's North Shore overnight.

No one was injured when a truck caught fire on an Auckland motorway today, the fire service says.

A small fire by a parked Jetstar plane at Auckland airport sparked an emergency callout late this evening - but it appears to have been short-lived.

Fire safety officers will be returning the scene of a fire at an apartment block in Feilding today.

Helicopters have been called in to fight a large bush fire on the Big Ben range in Rakaia Gorge.

A fleet of firefighters are battling a blaze that has engulfed an Auckland home and threatens others.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.