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Fatal fire in small town
One person has died in a house fire in Pongaroa, south of Dannevirke overnight. Fire services found it well alight on arrival.
![Girl helps save family from Chch inferno](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Girl helps save family from Chch inferno
A "brave'' 12-year-old girl who woke to flames in her Christchurch home this morning managed to wake the rest of her family and escape the inferno.
![Teens admit school fire (+video)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Teens admit school fire (+video)
Police have referred two teenagers to Youth Aid after a school administration block was gutted by a blaze just before 4am yesterday.
![Elderly fire victim sent unreleased novel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Elderly fire victim sent unreleased novel
A random act of kindness brought 92-year-old fire victim Pearl Sanger close to tears after she received a signed novel from writer Lee Child, not yet released in NZ.
![Arsonist sets wheelie bins ablaze](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Arsonist sets wheelie bins ablaze
A wheelie-bin arsonist left mounds of melted plastic and a Dunedin suburb "saturated" with police patrols.
![Fire extensively damages Upper Hutt house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire extensively damages Upper Hutt house
Residents of an Upper Hutt house escaped safely today after a fire extensively damaged the property.
![Christchurch fire treated as suspicious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Christchurch fire treated as suspicious
A fire at an abandoned house in east Christchurch early this morning is being treated as suspicious.
![Blaze mars mum's Tall Blacks joy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Blaze mars mum's Tall Blacks joy
A mother's joy at seeing her son picked to play for the Tall Blacks has been marred by the shock of losing her new $2.2 million childcare centre in a fire.
![Suspicious fire in Albany](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Suspicious fire in Albany
A fire at a childcare centre on Auckland's North Shore early this morning is being treated as suspicious.
![Fire at Victoria University library](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire at Victoria University library
Valuable books are thought to be safe after a fire at Victoria University's library in Wellington this morning was sparked in an acetylene tank.
![Woman in court today after suspicious house fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Woman in court today after suspicious house fire
A woman will appear in court today after a suspicious Invercargill house fire where firefighters pulled out an unconscious occupant.
![Member of the public chases arsonist, saves building](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Member of the public chases arsonist, saves building
A member of the public chased an arsonist attempting to set fire to a vacant Waikato building.
![Fire guts 2 Nth Island buildings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire guts 2 Nth Island buildings
Two buildings in the North Island have been gutted by fire this morning. Fire fighters had to be decontaminated for asbestos.
![Fire victim moments from death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire victim moments from death
A woman was just moments from death when she was rescued from a house fire in Invercargill early this morning, one of the firefighters who saved her says.
![Raw: Fire in Mt Wellington](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Raw: Fire in Mt Wellington
Plumes of smoke were sent into the air as fire burst out at a liquor store in Mt Wellington this afternoon.
![Two blazes keep firefighters busy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Two blazes keep firefighters busy
A garage, a ute and a fishing launch have been destroyed in two fires in the Far North.
![Tokoroa house fire treated as suspicious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Tokoroa house fire treated as suspicious
A blaze which tore through a house and car in Tokoroa this morning is being treated as suspicious.
![Blaze claims family treasures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Blaze claims family treasures
For Hawkes Bay woman Alicia Buxton, some of her most precious possessions were the little boxes of "firsts".
![Dunedin house fire that killed dog investigated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Dunedin house fire that killed dog investigated
Fire safety officers are investigating the cause of a Dunedin house fire in which a dog died yesterday.
![Fatal fire: Alarm turned off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fatal fire: Alarm turned off
A young mother who died in an house fire had disconnected one of her smoke alarms earlier in the evening because it kept beeping, according to a coroner's finding.