
Cop who saved woman from fire named
The identity of a police officer who saved an elderly woman from a burning Tauranga house last night has been revealed.
The identity of a police officer who saved an elderly woman from a burning Tauranga house last night has been revealed.
The life of an elderly woman has been saved tonight by a police officer who crawled through a smoke-filled Tauranga house.
A boiler explosion in a shed near Whangarei has set a large shed on fire.
A fire that broke out at an Otara bitumen plant earlier today is now out, but fire crews are still keeping watch on hot spots.
The number of deaths in avoidable residential house fires is the lowest on record, but that should not result in complacency, the fire service says.
A man was dragged from his burning council flat by his cousin, who happened to see smoke coming from the area as he went out for a takeaway.
A 48-year-old man who lost his life following a fire in the Clutha district last night has been named.
Firebugs struck in Auckland last night, damaging a South Auckland school, four cars and a garage.
Three people suffered smoke inhalation after a fire at the Muddy Waters Tavern in Mercer overnight.
Lives could have been lost in a fire caused by mattresses being placed over under-floor heating vents in a school marae, the fire service says.
A safety warning has been issued to homeowners using Weiss heat transfer units over fears they could catch fire. Some models of the
Hazardous materials appliances attended a fire in a block of flats in Te Kauwhata at 7.21am this morning.
A gas heater is being looked at as the possible cause of a fire in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata, which claimed the life of a 70-year-old man.
Two Hamilton police officers are being praised for catching a man who leapt from the second floor of a burning building.
A planned birthday party for a 6-year-old has turned into a nightmare today when a family returned home to find their house in flames.