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Firefighters battle school blaze

Fire rips through intermediate school in Hawera.

'No doubt' over Otago fire cause

The cause of a fire which raged across Saddle Hill last week will not be released to the public, the Otago Rural Fire Authority says.

Car on fire blocks Auckland road

A car was engulfed in flames on a road north of Auckland this morning.

Mmmm! Fire pies

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, so they say. But what about when life gives you 100ha fires?

Two suspicious Tokoroa house fires overnight

Two house fires in Tokoroa in the early hours of this morning are being treated as suspicious.

Firefighters battle blaze and toxic acids

Firefighters battling a major fire in a West Auckland factory this evening will undergo decontamination after fears they have come into contact with dangerous toxic acids.

Revealed: Major apartment fire hazards

Widespread breaches of fire safety regulations are being discovered as multi-storey leaky apartments are pulled apart during weathertightness repairs.

Grass fire lit in Mount Roskill

Multiple calls to emergency services were made as a visible grass fire lit in Mount Roskill this afternoon.

Five escape South Auckland house fire

Five people were treated for suspected smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a house in South Auckland this morning.

Suspicious fires in Christchurch

Police are treating four fires in a small area of Christchurch as suspicious following a scene investigation.

School severely damaged in fire

A classroom block at a school in Lower Hutt was severely damaged in a fire last night.

House damaged in fire

A Fire Service spokesman said five fire crews had been at the scene of the large fire Paraparaumu.

Investigators to determine cause of blaze

An investigator will today determine the cause of a blaze that ripped through a Dunedin property last night.

Large blaze caused by leaking LPG

Fire Safety investigators say initial indications are that a large fire in Glendene on Friday night was cause by leaking LPG.

Large scale blaze in Glendene

Firefighters successfully contained a large fire in the Auckland suburb of Glendene last night. It took seventeen fire crew to extinguish the fire at a house on Bancroft Ave after they were called to the blaze about 9pm.

'We're alive and nothing else matters'

Family awoke to a strong smell and the sight of thick black smoke.