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

Three people have been treated for smoke inhalation after an Auckland house fire.

Firefighters have extinguished a bus fire that closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak hour, but traffic chaos is continuing.

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.

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.

Tenants of a Pukekohe arcade badly damaged by fire are arriving at the scene, devastated at their losses.

Police are seeking witnesses following three suspicious fires which burned down homes in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Shearers' quarters have been damaged by fire on a North Canterbury farm.

A dog saved from a fire at an Otahuhu flat after figherfighers administered oxygen has since died.

A fire has destroyed a Waiuku home this evening, though no one was injured in the blaze.

A person has suffered burns in a building fire in Auckland today.

Athletes have been forced to evacuate the Olympic track as a large bushland burns close to the stadiums.

Fire crews and Fonterra staff are cleaning up after two hazardous cleaning agents spilled at a plant overnight.

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

Two people died and 34 were injured after a huge fire broke at a Maryland apartment complex forcing residents to toss children from upper floors.

Watch: More than 30 firefighters are attempting to put out a chimney fire at the Jack's Point Golf Course clubhouse, near Queenstown, this morning.

A mother killed by a faulty tumble dryer which a manufacturer had failed to recall - despite the model being responsible for 20 previous fires.

Thirteen people are dead and six injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar in the French city of Rouen.

Auckland firefighters refuse to use the city's main fire truck due to safety fears.

Nine quad bikes have been destroyed in a suspicious blaze overnight.

The man whose body was found in a burnt out unit in Christchurch last week has been named.

An Auckland family plans to make a fire-gutted Grey Lynn villa their home after purchasing it at auction.