A Rotorua man had to jump naked out his kitchen window to escape a house fire that claimed everything he owned but his two guinea pigs.

Firefighters attended the scene of a fire at the Mt Albert Aquatic Centre in Auckland.

A person's body was found after a fierce house fire in Taranaki last night.

Four people managed to escape a fire that completely destroyed their homes in Dunedin overnight.

Smoke alarms alerted a family to ceiling fire in their Canterbury home early this morning.

A blaze which began behind a fire place at a home in Wellington last night was quickly brought under control.

Two appeals for funds to help three sisters who survived the Waimate fire which killed their parents and young brother have raised $67,365.

Two people were treated for smoke inhalation after a pot on a stove caught fire in New Plymouth today.

A house fire in central Christchurch this morning is being treated as suspicious.

The three sisters who escaped a house fire that killed their parents and younger brother yesterday have spoken of their horrifying ordeal for the first time.

Police have identified the man who died in a Panmure apartment fire yesterday.

The three sisters orphaned after yesterday's horror Waimate house fire have spent their first night without their parents and younger brother.

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.

A stable block at the Omoto Racecourse was razed by an early morning arson early today.

Fire crews arrived "in the nick of time" after a blaze broke out at The Bog Irish Bar in Dunedin last night.

Four people from Waikato suffered from smoke inhalation after they moved an outdoor fire brazier indoors early this morning.

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.