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.

Six fire trucks were sent to the scene of the fire in New Lynn.

Smoke alarms saved four people from their "smoke logged" Christchurch home early this morning.

Fire investigators are looking into a fire that took hold in the Auckland suburb of Avondale last night.

A fire is a woodshed in under investigation this morning after a person was seriously injured in the blaze.

Fire crews are at the scene of a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Three Kings.

Fire services were at the scene of a fatal house fire in Mt Wellington.

Firefighters are trying to confirm if anybody was stuck inside a building on fire on the West Coast this morning.

Kiwi rural fire specialists will fly to Canada today to help that country contain huge wildfires.

One person has been taken to hospital after a small fire broke out in the lunchroom of a factory in Auckland today.

Jessica Bensemann had been home from hospital with her newborn son less than 12 hours when her Samsung washing machine went up in smoke and destroyed the bathroom.

People are asking people to check they aren't using appliances that have been recalled after a washing machine fire over the weekend.

A fire at Whakatane Intermediate School last night caused serious damage to one classroom.

A man has been taken to hospital with serious burns after a fire in a west Auckland garage tonight.

Investigators probing a blaze that destroyed most of a historic Waikato winery will be back at first light to look into the cause.

Flames and smoke from the fiery blaze at a historic Waikato winery could be seen on the horizon from kilometres away.

Fire investigators are at a mechanical workshop in Christchurch after a blaze tore through the building early this morning.

No one was injured in a fire which destroyed a garage in Auckland overnight.

Two Kiwi sailors had just seconds to grab life jackets and abandon their burning yacht after being woken by their skipper at midnight.

An overnight scene guard has been stationed at a vacant house in Napier that went up in flames last night.

Fire crews are battling a fire at a vacant house in Napier tonight.