Police were called to a party in North Dunedin last night after firefighters putting out couch fires reported bottles being thrown.

Police have said they are investigating social media post that suggests arson was the cause of the blaze at Rotorua Girls' High.

A property in Levin has been attacked by an arsonist twice in the last two weeks.

Several sheep were killed in a fire that destroyed a woolshed in Manawatu this morning.

A truck driver was taken to Southland Hospital with moderate to serious injuries last night after being trapped in his crashed truck for almost four hours.

The Fire Service has won its latest case in a string of legal battles against insurance brokers taking advantage of loopholes around fire levy policies.

A large scrub fire has been blazing for most of the night in a coastal area north of Christchurch.

An Auckland RSA is facing an uncertain future after it was engulfed in flames in the early hours of the morning.

Unclean kitchen flues may have led to the fire that caused extensive damage to celebrity chef Al Brown's high-profile Auckland restaurant.

Police say there was no foul play to a car fire near Nelson in which a person was dead.

Police are hoping to remove the remains of a body from a burnt out car near Nelson today.

A body has been found inside a car that was "engulfed" in flames on State Highway 6 near Nelson today.

A fire ripped through the rear of at Franz Josef Glacier restaurant early this morning leaving the building badly damaged.

A large fire in a mechanical workshop in Henderson has been contained.

Spain's development ministry has said that a fire broke out on a ferry as it journeyed from Palma on the island of Majorca to Valencia in Spain.

Dean Corbett didn't even have time to dress after being confronted with a wall of fire inside his rented Tokoroa home.

Four people, including a young child, escaped without injury after a blazing house fire in South Waikato early today that completely destroyed their home.

More than a dozen fire crews were called out to a fire in a large storage warehouse in Onehunga overnight.

A bystander was bashed in the head with a pillowcase stuffed with a rock or brick after catching a burglar in the act in Paeroa last night.

Carl Bradey lost everything he owns and suffered extensive burns over his body when he ran through flames to save a 3-year-old girl.

Six fire trucks and a cherry picker were called to an Event Cinemas in Auckland earlier today after smoke was seen coming from a sign on the building.

A vacant house has been seriously damaged in a suspicious fire in Christchurch overnight.

Firefighters are at the scene of a house fire after a blaze broke out this morning.

Glass and hot embers blasted out of an enclosed fireplace at a Hokitika home last night after a can was accidentally thrown on the fire and exploded.

An elderly person is in hospital this morning following a house fire in Nelson.

Two of Auckland's most popular eateries are closed until further notice after a fire caused extensive damage to their joint kitchen.