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![Firefighters battle community centre blaze in Nelson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Firefighters battle community centre blaze in Nelson
Fire crews from across the region have rushed to fight a large blaze in a community centre at Upper Moutere in Nelson.
![Fingerprints lifted after apartment fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fingerprints lifted after apartment fire
Police have attempted to lift fingerprints from alarm boxes at an Auckland apartment building engulfed in fire on Sunday to try to establish who turned the system off.
![Taupo scrub fire extinguished](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Taupo scrub fire extinguished
A large scrub fire that endangered buildings in Taupo yesterday has been extinguished.
![Two suspected arsons in Dunedin being investigated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Two suspected arsons in Dunedin being investigated
Police are investigating two suspected arsons in Dunedin overnight.
![Eighteen days of tough, filthy work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Eighteen days of tough, filthy work
It's been 18 days of hard, heavy and "filthy dirty" work, but the Kiwi firefighters deployed to help battle the Tasmanian bushfires are on their way home.
![Large scrub fire in Taupo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Large scrub fire in Taupo
A scrub fire in Taupo which endangered buildings in the area this afternoon appears to have been deliberately lit.
![Non-permitted fire threatened properties](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Non-permitted fire threatened properties
A Welcome Bay resident who lit a non-permitted fire on his property which quickly got out of control at the weekend could be prosecuted or have to pay the bill for putting the fire out.
![Big vegetation fire on Great Barrier Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Big vegetation fire on Great Barrier Island
Firefighters have extinguished a large vegetation fire on Great Barrier Island overnight.
![Smoke turns skies over NZ orange](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Smoke turns skies over NZ orange
Skies around the country have been looking noticeably more hazy orange and bronze-coloured in the past few days as smoke from Australia's scorching bushfires reaches us.
![Arson and accidents stretch fire services](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Arson and accidents stretch fire services
Fires raged up and down the country yesterday stretching emergency services to "maximum capacity".
![Firefighters pray for monsoon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Firefighters pray for monsoon
Australia's hopes are now focused on the monsoon finally forming over the north of the continent as more homes were lost to furious fires raging in above-40s temperatures and powerful hot winds yesterday.
![Sleeping children saved from fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Sleeping children saved from fire
Two minutes longer and a fire that destroyed a garage and small flat in Papamoa could also have claimed the lives of four children.
![Ozzy injured in house fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Ozzy injured in house fire
Ozzy Osbourne singed his hair and injured his hand trying to put out a fire in his Beverley Hills home.
![Busy night for Christchurch firefighters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Busy night for Christchurch firefighters
Firefighters have battled two Christchurch house fires overnight - one of them considered suspicious.
![Fire-hit family finds temporary home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire-hit family finds temporary home
A Kawakawa family is living in temporary accommodation after a New Year's Eve fire sparked by a falling power line left their home uninhabitable.
![Brothers brave heat to rescue woman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Brothers brave heat to rescue woman
Three Napier brothers ran through a shower of hot, falling ash to wake neighbours and rescue an elderly woman from her burning home.
![Philip Gibbons: Claim political smokescreen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Philip Gibbons: Claim political smokescreen
Coal-fired power stations in Australia emit around 200 million tonnes of CO2a year. This does not include emissions from our coal exports.
![Resurgent fires raze homes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Resurgent fires raze homes
Australia's bushfire crisis has resumed with a fury after a brief weekend respite, yesterday claiming at least 33 homes in northern New South Wales with fears for more losses.
![Earthquake follows Oz bushfires](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Earthquake follows Oz bushfires
Northland firefighters helping battle devastating bushfires in Tasmania have had to deal with another natural phenomenon - an earthquake.
![Rain relief on the way for Canterbury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Rain relief on the way for Canterbury
Farmers and landowners of "tinderbox dry" land on the outskirts of Christchurch should soon receive a reprieve with rain due to sweep in tomorrow.
![Cool change for NSW firefighters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Cool change for NSW firefighters
A cool change has brought relief to NSW Rural Fire Service officers fighting bushfires across the state, however, about 30 fires remain uncontained.
![Tinder-dry Canterbury still braced for fires](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Tinder-dry Canterbury still braced for fires
Tinder-dry conditions in Canterbury mean fire crews are remaining on high alert.