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![Tasmanian fires rage on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Tasmanian fires rage on
Tasmanians spent another anxious night in evacuation centres as bushfires burned out of control throughout the state.
![Firefighters hurt battling big Wanganui blaze](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Firefighters hurt battling big Wanganui blaze
Two firefighters suffered injuries likely to keep them off work for days while battling a "wall of fire" at a Wanganui house.
![Doha parents asked 'horrible' questions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Doha parents asked 'horrible' questions
Parents of children killed in the Doha Mall fire last year say they have been attacked by defence lawyers in a hearing to determine responsibility for the 19 deaths.
![Heat puts Australia on high alert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Heat puts Australia on high alert
Emergency services in three states were on high alert yesterday as a heatwave blasted southern Australia.
![Sheds catch fire behind Bay of Islands home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Sheds catch fire behind Bay of Islands home
Three sheds behind a Bay of Islands home caught fire early this morning.
![Families fight fire to protect homes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Families fight fire to protect homes
Families fought flames with spades, garden hoses and shoes to protect their Havelock North homes yesterday.
![Burning boat on Lake Lyndon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Burning boat on Lake Lyndon
A video of a speedboat dousing a burning vessel by swerving next to it has gone viral on the internet.
![Silence tortures triplets' parents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Silence tortures triplets' parents
Seven months ago their lives were a happy chaos as they raised energetic and vibrant triplets Lillie, Jackson and Willsher.
![Christmas Eve blaze deliberately lit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Christmas Eve blaze deliberately lit
A fire that forced a family of eight to flee their west Auckland home early today was deliberately lit, police say.
![Hastings man pulled from fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Hastings man pulled from fire
A Hastings teen is being hailed a hero after jumping a 3-metre fence, dragging a sleeping man from his bed and extinguishing a flaming frying pan.
![Family faces Christmas without triplets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Family faces Christmas without triplets
The parents of 2-year-old triplets who died in a Doha mall fire will be surrounded by family as they face their first Christmas without their "three little monkeys".
![Sprinklers failed in Doha mall fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Sprinklers failed in Doha mall fire
Sprinklers in a Doha mall could have stopped the smoke that claimed the lives of 19 people including young New Zealand triplets - if they were working.
![Three cars set alight in Upper Hutt overnight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Three cars set alight in Upper Hutt overnight
Red, white and blue cars were set alight on different streets over a four-hour period in Upper Hutt last night.
![Volunteer firefighter's secret arson conviction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Volunteer firefighter's secret arson conviction
A volunteer firefighter failed to mention his conviction for arson when he applied for duty with a rural fire force.
![Fireman pictured fighting blaze had arson conviction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fireman pictured fighting blaze had arson conviction
A volunteer firefighter failed to mention his conviction for arson when he applied for duty with a rural fire force.
![Burn off sparks costly pine fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Burn off sparks costly pine fire
Rural landowners risk hefty bills for fires that take more than an hour to fight, Wairarapa principal rural fire officer Phil Wishnowsky has warned.